The first multi-state offshore wind tender in the US concluded on Friday, with three of Danish Ørsted’s competitors winning the right to build projects with a combined capacity of almost 3 gigawatts (GW).
However, the tender ended up disappointing overall, as the award was less than half of what was planned, according to Recharge News.
The tender was organized jointly by the states of Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut.
In the end, Danish Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) won the right to build Vineyard Wind 2 with a capacity of 800 megawatts off the coast of Massachusetts.
Spain’s Iberdrola won the right to build New England Wind 1 with a capacity of 791 megawatts, again off the coast of Massachusetts.
Finally, Ocean Wind has won the right to build just under 1.3 gigawatts with its project called “Southcoast”. Again, Massachusetts emerges victorious with 1.09 gigawatts of the project, while 200 megawatts will be located off Rhode Island.
Connecticut is the big loser among the three states with zero megawatts.
Overall, the tender was not a great success, as the goal was to award projects with a total capacity of 6.8 gigawatts.
According to Recharge News, Danish Ørsted also bid in the auction, in Connecticut and Rhode Island, but the energy company has not yet been awarded any projects.
