This year is shaping up as key for construction of America's first two utility-scale offshore wind energy projects. The 800-MW, estimated $3-billion Vineyard Wind project off Massachusetts and the 132-MW, estimated $637-million South Fork project off New York could begin to generate power this year, their developers say.
Currently, there is 42 MW of offshore wind operating in the U.S., the 30-MW Block Island project off Rhode Island and the 12-MW CVOW pilot site off Virginia.