Community Offshore Wind
Lease area OCS-A 0538 in the New York Bight, ~75 km southeast of New York Harbor. Lease area supports up to 3 GW.
United StatesTechnology
Capacity
2,800 MW ◇
Turbines
—
Foundation
—
Site & conditions
Site rights
Seabed rights held ∴
Origination
BOEM New York Bight Lease Sale (ATLW-8) · 2022 ·
Water depth
32–43 m ≈
Wind speed
9.8 m/s @ 150 m ≈
Revenue & grid
Offtake
OREC cancelled ◇
Grid
—
Schedule
COD
—
Cancelled
6 Aug 2026 ◆
Project timeline & ownership verified milestones on the spine · ownership from Hafrok’s transactions record
Origination · 2022-02
BOEM New York Bight Lease Sale (ATLW-8)
- Awarded to
- Bight Wind Holdings, LLC (RWE Renewables + National Grid Ventures)
- Lease
- OCS-A 0539
- Basis
- seabed award
From the auction results — the round that created the project.
JV formation · 2021-05
National Grid Ventures · RWE Renewables stake not disclosed
- Stake
- not disclosed
- Consideration
- not disclosed
- Announced
- 2021-05
- Project stage
- early development
In May 2021, National Grid Ventures and RWE Renewables announced the signing of a joint venture partnership to jointly develop offshore wind projects in the Northeast US, specifically targeting the upcoming New York Bight BOEM lease auction. The JV was formally constituted as Bight Wind Holdings LLC. The partnership was publicly announced and the JV formed in May 2021; the venture was officially named "Community Offshore Wind" in March 2022 following their successful bid. Capacity shown is 2,800 MW, reflecting the final project scope announced; at formation the target capacity was not specified. National Grid Ventures is the commercial energy and infrastructure division of National Grid plc. National Grid booked a EUR 360m impairment on Community Offshore Wind in May 2025 after the project was paused — an impairment of its existing minority interest, not a disposal. The equity split was not disclosed in the formation press releases, and it was never 50/50: RWE's audited accounts show RWE at 70% at end-2021 and 73% from end-2022, with National Grid Ventures at 27% throughout (RWE Annual Report 2023).
Evidence
- rwe.com — RWE and National Grid consolidate partnership and move forward on offshore wind development ↗ 2021-05 ◆ held
- nationalgridus.com — National Grid and RWE consolidate partnership and move forward on offshore wind development ↗ 2021-05 ◆ held
- energydigital.com — National Grid signs JV with RWE to target US offshore wind ↗ 2021-05 ◆ held
- nawindpower.com — Community Offshore Wind Formed by RWE, National Grid for Joint Project Development - North American Windpower ↗ 2021-05 ◆ held
From Hafrok’s transactions record
Dashed tick marks today (13 Oct 2026). The teal diamond on the spine is origination — the seabed award or round that created the project. Every other ownership event lives in the band below: one station per recorded deal, dated at its label, in deal order rather than to calendar scale. Secondary trades appear only at the interchanges; grey lines are parties whose entry or exit Hafrok’s record does not hold.
Installation how the build is going · from sourced statements and Hafrok’s registers
Installation not started
Installation · on record
StageCancelled
Offshore constructionnot started
Expected start of operationnot stated
Sources & verification
Rests on 10 sources (4 primary) · ◆ 5 documents held
◆Verified≈Modelled◇Sourced∴Inferred⌁Convention○Unverified∅No source·Derived
Numbers are stable citation ids — grouped by source class, so they are not consecutive.
Regulator1
[13]
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)2026-08-23◆ US BOEM offshore-wind register (FR docum…
“Lease row OCS-A 0539: companies ['Community Offshore Wind, LLC']; lease_dates ['05/01/2022']; lease_terms ['33 Years']; states ['NY/NJ']; block_count 174.”
supportsRegister entry
Operator2
[10]
RWE2026-Q2◆ RWE — RWE Interim report H1 2026
“At the beginning of August, our subsidiary RWE U.S. Offshore reached a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of the Interior, to resolve our claims against the US government in connection with…”
supportsoperator
[11]
RWE2026-08-06◆ RWE U.S. Offshore reaches settlement agr…
“Prior to the settlement with the DOI, RWE acquired National Grid Ventures (~27%) minority ownership interest in the joint venture Community Offshore Wind.”
supportsCancelled
Trade press6
[3]
Renewable Energy Magazine2024
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsTotal capacity
[4]
[5]
[6]
offshoreWIND.biz
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsMechanismDetail
[7]
[12]
offshoreWIND.biz2026-08-07◆ US Government Reaches USD 1.2 Billion Of…
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsBackground
Unverified import1
[1]
unknown◆ Community Offshore Wind Submits Proposal…
supportsConsentTotal capacityWater depthCoordinates