The offshore wind energy project by Revolution Wind has officially begun delivering power to the Connecticut energy grid after the Trump Administration tried to stop construction of the wind turbines.
The offshore wind project is expected to supply enough electricity to power more than 350,000 homes and businesses.
“At a time when Americans are being hit with increasing energy costs, flipping the on switch to start Revolution Wind will bring cheaper electricity to Connecticut’s consumers,” said CT Congressman Joe Courtney said in a statement.
“The cost of this new locally generated power at nine cents per kWh is far less than the average of 30 cents per kWh in our region. Crucially, because this wind energy is directly transmitted off the coast of New England, its price will not be at the mercy of uncertain global energy markets.”
Analysis from the State of Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection finds that Revolution Wind will save New England ratepayers as much as $500 million per year in wholesale energy costs.
Revolution Wind is a joint venture between Ørsted, a Danish energy company, and a consortium led by Skyborn Renewables, a Global Infrastructure Partners platform company.
“Revolution Wind is adding affordable, reliable American-made energy to New England’s grid, helping to meet growing energy demand and lower consumer costs,” said Amanda Dasch, chief development officer at Ørsted, in a statement.
“Built by local, highly skilled union workers, Revolution Wind is a testament to states tapping their energy resources to strengthen regional energy security and contribute to American energy dominance.”
Former opposition of project
The project was put on hold last December by the Trump administration after the Department of the Interior suspended its lease, along with those of four other offshore wind developments, citing “national security concerns.”
At the time, U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said on CNN that a “bad agent” could “launch a swarm drone attack” through a wind farm, according to the Associated Press.
Revolution Wind—along with two other energy developers—challenged the administration’s freeze of their offshore wind project in federal court.
In January, a district court judge granted an injunction to lift the pause and allow the Revolution Wind project to resume, finding that the government failed to adequately explain its national security concerns or justify halting construction.
Trump’s dislike of renewable energy
President Donald Trump has made his stance against non–fossil fuel energy clear, suspending all offshore wind leasing on his first day in office.
He lashed out at both wind and solar power on Truth Social.
“Any State that has built and relied on WINDMILLS and SOLAR for power are seeing RECORD BREAKING INCREASES IN ELECTRICITY AND ENERGY COSTS. THE SCAM OF THE CENTURY! We will not approve wind or farmer destroying Solar. The days of stupidity are over in the USA!!! MAGA,” he wrote.
In January, Trump said while meeting with oil industry executives that wind farms are “losers” which lose money, destroy the landscape and kill birds.
“I’ve told my people we will not approve windmills,” Trump said. “Maybe we get forced to do something because some stupid person in the Biden administration agreed to do something years ago. We will not approve any windmills in this country.”
Martha’s Vineyard wind farm completed
Meanwhile, Vineyard Wind’s 62-turbine wind farm off Nantucket was completed last week.
The project is delivering some power to the New England grid, but more work remains to be done before the project will be fully operational.
Eventually, it is expected to generate more than 800 megawatts of power with 62 turbines.
In the summer of 2019, the Trump administration delayed a key permit for Vineyard Wind 1. The Biden administration later approved the project’s construction and operations plan in May 2021, allowing work to move forward. The project began generating power in early 2024, but a massive turbine blade broke that summer, halting operations and triggering investigations. Power generation resumed by January 2025.
The federal lease for Vineyard Wind was suspended along with Revolution Wind’s in December 2025 by the Trump administration over national security risks, but a district court judge reversed that decision in January.
Nantucket real estate Shelly Lockwood of J. Pepper Frazier Real Estate told Realtor.com® last fall that she hadn’t heard any complaints from potential buyers worried about their multimillion-dollar views due to the wind farms.
“People do not like the wind farms for various reasons—some legit, some perhaps not so, almost all environmental—but the presence of the installations has not affected local real estate prices or activity,” she said.