Join Our Newsletter
Click here
Please sign up for our Empire Wind email list, choose which project you’re interested in, and we’ll send you the latest. If you’d like us to be able to reach you by text, please provide your phone number. Thanks!
(intended for US residents)

First Name*

Last Name*

Email*

Phone Number*
to join today!
Support Offshore Wind
Click Here
As New York moves towards its nation leading climate goals, Empire Wind will play a major part in providing the renewable energy needed to meet the state’s 9 GW mandate. Empire Wind 2 will bring renewable energy from off the Long Island coast to Long Island itself. Along with Empire Wind 1, these two projects will power over 1 million New York homes. A third project, Beacon Wind 1, will power an additional 1 million New York homes, in total accounting for 1/3 of the state’s offshore wind mandate. These three projects will allow New York to retire fossil fuel plants and the expected reduction in emissions will be equivalent to removing 1.3 million cars from New York’s roadways.

This transformational project will create an estimated $3 billion in economic benefits for the State of New York as well as also creating a US based supply chain for offshore wind, putting New York small businesses to work. We will once again not only make things in America but make them right here in the Empire State. This project will also create thousands of good paying jobs to both build the project and maintain it, but also in support roles, such as manufacturing and shipping.

I am proud to say that Long Beach, Island Park, the surrounding South Shore communities, as well as Sunset Park, and other communities across the state are playing such a key role in bringing offshore wind power to New York. I am happy to support the Empire Wind project.

Your name

Email

Phone Number

Zip Code

Your Signature
to Support Offshore Wind

about the project

Equinor is developing Empire Wind 1 & 2 offshore New York.

2.1 GW

Producing 2.1 GW of renewable energy

1 Million

Potentially Powering 1 million New York homes

Project Timeline

The commercial lease for this federal offshore wind area was signed by Equinor in March 2017, following the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) successful auction in December 2016. First power is expected to be delivered in the mid-2020s.

Empire Wind Virtual Simulation Hall

The Virtual Simulation Hall allows you to experience the appearance of the planned offshore wind farm as it will be seen from shore.

Use your desktop computer or tablet to navigate around the exhibition and see static and animated simulations of the wind turbines out at sea.

Visit Simulation

In the Wind

The latest about the project

Follow Us

Equinor Establishes Major Union Partnership for New York’s First Offshore Wind Hub

The Equinor Women Working on the Empire Wind Project

Grid milestone for New York’s Empire Wind 1 project

Empire Wind field rendering

New York delivers on offshore wind with shovel-ready Empire Wind 1

Rendering of a turbine in the Empire Wind lease area that will built following COP approval

Empire Wind project hits key federal milestone with COP approval

Rendering of a turbine within the Empire Wind farm

Clean Air Act Permit Approved for Empire Wind

Empire Wind’s South Brooklyn Marine Terminal Operations Hub Receives Design Approval from NYC

Empire Wind's South Brooklyn Marine Terminal Rendering

Equinor bids shovel-ready Empire Wind 1 into New York’s expedited wind solicitation

Equinor to take full ownership in Empire Wind through a swap transaction with bp in the US

Professional Group Photo from Final Showcase in December 2023

The Offshore Wind Innovation Hub 2024 Call for Innovators Opens Today

Empire Wind 2 offshore wind project announces reset, seeks new offtake opportunities

Empire Wind’s Statement on Article VII Approval by New York State PSC

Empire Wind’s Statement on Receiving the Record of Decision from BOEM

Photo of all of the award recipients for the Offshore Wind Ecosystem Fund

Awardees of $5 Million Offshore Wind Ecosystem Fund Announced

Samuel Byrne Joins Equinor Renewables Americas as Vice President of Operations

Great Lakes Signs First Rock Supply Subcontract For U.S. Offshore Wind Farms With New York Quarry, Carver Sand & Gravel LLC

New Offshore Wind Innovation Hub Announces First Selections for its Accelerator Program

Empire Wind and Beacon Wind Announce GENext, Cradle-to-Career Initiative to Promote Offshore Wind Education and Regional Training Opportunities in New York

Equinor and bp Release Maritime Data from Empire and Beacon Offshore Wind Lease Area Buoys

Equinor & bp Host Long Island Expo to Engage Local Suppliers on the Offshore Wind Industry

Equinor & bp Host New York City Expo to Bring New Suppliers into Growing Offshore Wind Industry

Skanska announced as the Construction Manager for New York Offshore Wind Hub

Offshore Wind Innovation Hub Announces Opening in Brooklyn

Equinor Launches Expo to Bring New Suppliers into Offshore Wind Supply Chain

$5 Million Offshore Wind Ecosystem Fund Announced

Equinor Appoints New President of US Offshore Wind

Empire Wind and WCS Announce Extension of Historic Near Real-Time Acoustic Marine Monitoring Project In New York Bight

Equinor Announces Public Affairs Team for US Offshore Wind Projects

Offshore Wind Innovation Hub Launched in New York

Empire Wind selects Edison Chouest Offshore to provide plug-in hybrid service operations vessel

Empire Wind selected Maersk to supply wind installation vessel

Equinor and bp sign agreement to transform South Brooklyn Marine Terminal into central hub for offshore wind industry

Equinor and bp achieve key step in advancing offshore wind for New York

Equinor Announces Opening of New York Offshore Wind Project Office in Sunset Park, Brooklyn

Empire Wind selects turbine supplier

Equinor selected for largest-ever US offshore wind award

Equinor Backing Port of Albany to Host Nation’s First Offshore Wind Tower and Transition Piece Manufacturing Facility

Equinor Ready to Expand Offshore Wind in New York, Invest Locally

Equinor partners with BP in US offshore wind to capture value and create platform for growth

Equinor offshore wind bid wins in New York State