Revolution Wind, a 65-turbine wind farm 12 miles off of Aquinnah, announced Thursday that the project reached commercial operations and is delivering electricity to Rhode Island and Connecticut up to its full capacity.
When a wind farm reaches commercial operations status, the electricity is sold at a fixed price on the regional open energy market.
The announcement came during developer Ørsted’s quarterly earnings report Nov. 5.
“The project began delivering power to the grid in March 2026 and is now generating up to its full capacity. Revolution Wind will provide enough electricity to power the equivalent of more than 350,000 New England homes, strengthening the region’s supply of affordable, reliable energy,” a statement from the company said.
The project started to deliver power to the grid in mid-March after delays from two stop-work orders by the federal government last year, though a federal judge eventually granted the developer a stay and preliminary injunction. Construction was completed in mid-September, but commissioning of turbines still needed to finish. The power generated travels by way of Narragansett Bay through an offshore cable that comes ashore at Quonset Business Park in North Kingstown, R.I. Onshore, the power travels to a substation connected to the regional grid.
Though located so close to the Island and Massachusetts state waters, neighboring states hold power purchase agreements, which are long-term contracts to determine the price of electricity between an energy producer and buyer like a utility company, for the wind farm.
The project can produce 704 megawatts at full capacity, though this is highly dependent on the winds; Rhode Island has agreements for 400 megawatts and Connecticut has agreements for 304 megawatts.
