The Sunrise Wind project has installed its first wind turbine at the site offshore New York, marking a new step in construction of the state’s second offshore wind farm to supply power.
Ørsted confirmed on 17 April that the first turbine generator had been installed safely as work continued at the 924 MW project. The company said the project remains on schedule to deliver first power to New York later this year. Commercial operations are still planned for the second half of 2027.
Turbine installation is being carried out by Wind Scylla, the vessel owned by Cadeler. The ship arrived at the Sunrise Wind site after completing the same scope of work at Revolution Wind, a project owned by Ørsted together with Skyborn Renewables. After installing the first unit at Sunrise Wind, the vessel moved on to the next turbine position.
Located around 48 km east of Montauk, the offshore wind farm will use 84 Siemens Gamesa turbines, each rated at 11 MW. The project will be linked to New York’s electricity grid through the Holbrook substation in Brookhaven, Suffolk County. Once fully operational, Sunrise Wind is expected to supply electricity to nearly 600,000 homes.
Sunrise Wind follows South Fork Wind as the second offshore wind farm to provide power to New York. Another project, Empire Wind 1, is also nearing the turbine installation stage, with Maersk Viridis now sailing from Singapore to the US for that work.
