# Block Island Wind Farm

ISO-NE asset profile · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/block-island-wind-farm

Deepwater Wind Block Island, LLC - Washington County - ISONE

Block Island Wind Farm is a 30 MW offshore wind turbine plant in Washington County. The plant is recognized as the first commercial offshore wind farm in the United States, located a few miles off Block Island in the Atlantic Ocean. Its output is sold under a long-term power purchase agreement whose price starts at $244 per megawatt-hour and escalates 3.5% annually.

## Metrics

- **Nameplate capacity:** 30 MW — Canonical EIA plant baseline.
- **Registry anchor:** Plant 58035 — plant-58035

## Facts

- **Technology:** Offshore Wind Turbine
- **Operator:** Deepwater Wind Block Island, LLC

## Related parties

- **Owner / operator:** Deepwater Wind Block Island, LLC — Original project developer and project-owning entity
- **Equipment supplier:** GE Renewable Energy — Turbine supplier ([source](https://www.ge.com/))
- **Lender:** KeyBank National Association — Project financing lender ([source](https://www.key.com/))
- **Construction contractor:** Deepwater Wind Block Island Transmission, LLC — Transmission-system developer

## Sources

- [orsted.com](https://orsted.com/en/company-announcement-list/2018/10/1819975) — orsted.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [pbn.com](https://pbn.com/deepwater-completes-financing-for-block-island-wind-farm103921) — pbn.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [ripuc.ri.gov](https://ripuc.ri.gov/sites/g/files/xkgbur841/files/eventsactions/docket/D_14_20_Filing.pdf) — ripuc.ri.gov · authoritative — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [tethys.pnnl.gov](https://tethys.pnnl.gov/wind-project-sites/block-island-wind-farm) — tethys.pnnl.gov · authoritative — Source retained for exact-record publication review.

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