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There are three operating offshore wind farms in the United States, and several more are in permitting or under construction. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management studies potential sites in federal waters for offshore wind energy development and leases sites to developers, who work with state regulatory agencies to interconnect and market their electricity.
A study done from 2014 in Michigan analyzing the effects of offshore wind farms on the Great Lakes has shown improvement to air quality. [49] Results from this study indicated a decrease in all common air pollutants as a result of the development of offshore wind energy, as well as a projected 25% decrease in CO2 emissions by 2050. [50]
Great Pathfinder wind farm Iowa: 224 [110] Ledyard Wind Farm Iowa: 207 [111] Chowan County Wind Farm (2023) North Carolina: 188 [112] Delta Wind Farm (2023) Mississippi: 184 [113] Walleye Wind Farm Minnesota: 110 [114] Bluestone Wind Farm (2023) New York: 112 [115] Ball Hill Wind Farm (2023) New York: 108 [116]
It also lists the largest offshore wind farms currently under construction, the largest proposed offshore wind farms, and offshore wind farms with notability other than size. As of 2022, Hornsea 2 in the United Kingdom is the largest offshore wind farm in the world at 1,386 MW .
The 2011 NREL report, Large-Scale Offshore Wind Power in the United States, analyzes the current state of the offshore wind energy industry. According to the report, offshore wind resource development would help the country to achieve 20% of its electric power from wind by 2030 and to revitalize the manufacturing sector.
Ørsted U.S. Offshore Wind is an offshore wind energy development group that is affiliated with Ørsted, a Danish firm. It is joint headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts and Providence, Rhode Island. [2] [3] As of 2019, it was involved in some of the largest offshore wind farm projects in the United States.
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Headquartered in Houston, Texas, with 58 wind farms and 9 solar parks, EDP Renewables North America (EDPR NA) operates more than 8,200 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy projects in 14 U.S. states (Arizona, California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, South Carolina, Washington, and ...