New England Wind 1
Lease area OCS-A 0534, ~48 km south of Barnstable, MA. Export cable landfall at Craigville Beach, Barnstable.
Status
On Holdlifecycle stage
FragileHafrok completion outlook
Ownership
ALAvangrid Power, LLC — 100% ◆
Location
United StatesNorthwest Atlantic
Technology
Capacity
791 MW ◆
Turbines
—
Foundation
Monopile ◇
Site & conditions
Site rights
Seabed rights held ∴
Origination
BOEM Massachusetts Lease Sale (ATLW-4A) · 2018 ·
Water depth
44–57 m ≈
Wind speed
10.2 m/s @ 150 m ≈
Revenue & grid
Offtake
PPA ◆
Grid
Secured · May 2024 ◆
Connection
Eversource ISO-NE grid, landfall at Craigville Beach, Barnstable ◆
Schedule
FID
Not taken
COD · Hafrok
—
On hold since
Jan 2026 ◆
Delivery outlook modelled by Hafrok · calibrated on delivered projects
—
on hold — no credible date; the chart shows when a restarted project might complete
Chance of delivery
≈8%
estimated chance this project reaches commercial operation
Projects put on hold complete ≈15% of the time on Hafrok's record. This one sits well below that: a market with a thinner delivery record, its size and technical complexity. A secured offtake contract helps only slightly. Only a restart would change that — there is no dated schedule to judge against. That figure is then halved while Hafrok reads the United States route as closed: a route that has to be won again is less likely to be won.
COD outlook
If it completes, when — Hafrok’s probability by year (teal)
| Year | Probability |
|---|---|
| 2033 | 20.0% |
| 2034 | 20.0% |
| 2035 | 20.0% |
| 2036 | 20.0% |
| 2037 | 20.0% |
How Hafrok got this date
1
On hold — no dated schedule
The project is recorded as On Hold, so no sequence of milestones can be trusted. Hafrok publishes no expected year; the chart instead spreads the remaining chance of completion over the years a restarted project might finish in.
2
Route closed until 2029
Hafrok believes a held project in the United States is unlikely to resume before a route to build exists again, and does not expect one before
January 2029. On that reading the years the chart spreads the remaining chance over begin after 2029, not after today. This is Hafrok's judgment, not a fact on the record — what it rests on: United States market page.3
Chance of delivery — separate from timing
Start from the share of On Hold projects that went on to complete — ≈15%, measured on Hafrok's record of delivered and abandoned projects, with an allowance held back where that record cannot yet speak (projects still unresolved, changed market conditions). Historically only a minority of projects put on hold returned to delivery — the estimate reflects that. Then adjust for this project's own evidence — offtake, market, size, technical complexity — and halve the result while Hafrok reads the United States route as closed (a route that has to be won again is less likely to be won) — to ≈8%, which rates it
Fragile on Hafrok's four-step delivery scale (Delivering · Expected · Prospective · Fragile).Project timeline & ownership verified milestones on the spine · ownership from Hafrok’s transactions record
Origination · 2018-12
BOEM Massachusetts Lease Sale (ATLW-4A)
- Awarded to
- Vineyard Wind, LLC
- Lease
- OCS-A 0522
- Basis
- seabed award
From the auction results — the round that created the project.
Acquisition · 2021-09
CIP → Avangrid 50%
- Stake
- 50%
- Consideration
- not disclosed
- Announced
- 2021-09
- Closed
- 2022-01
- Project stage
- early development
On 21 September 2021, Avangrid Renewables and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) announced a restructuring of their existing Vineyard Wind JV. Under the restructuring, Avangrid paid a net consideration of USD 167.5 million to acquire 100% of OCS-A 0534 (previously a 50/50 JV between Avangrid and CIP). OCS-A 0534 contains both Park City Wind (804 MW, Connecticut offtake) and Commonwealth Wind (later awarded up to 1,200 MW in MA solicitation). In exchange, CIP acquired 100% of OCS-A 0522 from Avangrid. Vineyard Wind 1 (800 MW) remained a 50/50 JV between Avangrid and CIP and is not affected. Transaction closed January 2022. Avangrid (81.6% owned by Iberdrola) subsequently terminated the original PPAs for both projects in 2022–2023 due to cost escalation and rebid them in new state solicitations; New England Wind 1 was selected by Massachusetts in September 2024.
Evidence
- avangrid.com — Avangrid Renewables and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners Announce Strategic Transaction to Advance Offshore Wind Development ↗ 2021-09 ◆ held
- businesswire.com — Avangrid Renewables and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners Announce Strategic Transaction to Advance Offshore Wind Development ↗ 2021-09 ◆ held
- offshoreWIND.biz — Avangrid and CIP Divvy Up 5.3 GW Wind Portfolio Offshore USA ↗ 2021-09 ◆ 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.
Revenue & offtake contract duration and price levels · money of the day
1,595 MW contracted — utility PPA
● Utility PPA · Connecticut Offshore Wind Procurement (PA 19-71) abandoned
Priceprice undisclosed ·Capacity804 MWAwardedDec 2019● Utility PPA · New England Multi-State Offshore Wind Solicitation (MA + RI)
Priceprice undisclosed ·Capacity791 MWAwardedSep 2024Installation how the build is going · from sourced statements and Hafrok’s registers
Installation not started
Installation · on record
StageOn Hold
Offshore constructionnot started
Expected start of operationnot stated
Sources & verification
Rests on 16 sources (12 primary) · ◆ 9 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.
Regulator3
[2]
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)2024-07-01◆ BOEM Approves Construction and Operation…
“BOEM approved the Construction and Operations Plan authorizing the construction and operation of two offshore wind energy facilities, known as New England Wind 1 and New England Wind 2, which together…”
supportsConsentConsent granted
[14]
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)2026-08-23◆ US BOEM offshore-wind register (FR docum…
“Lease row OCS-A 0534: companies ['Park City Wind LLC']; lease_dates ['05/15/2024']; lease_terms ['25 Years']; states ['Massachussets']; block_count 94.”
supportsRegister entry
[16]
U.S. Department of Justice / BOEM, filed in D.D.C. (via CourtListener/RECAP)2025-12-02◆ ACK for Whales v. US Dept of Commerce, 1…
"Project construction is not active or imminent" ... "New England Wind's construction schedule included in the COP indicates that there is no active construction planned on the OCS until Quarter 2 of …
supportsConsentConsent appliedConsent granted
Operator6
[4]
Avangrid / BusinessWire2024-09-06
"Avangrid was awarded 791 Megawatts (MW) by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the multi-state regional offshore wind solicitation." "If a power purchase agreement is signed and approved, then the p…
supportsTotal capacity
[6]
Avangrid / BusinessWire (via The Energy Data)2024-05
“The Large Generator Interconnection Agreement (LGIA), executed with Eversource and ISO-NE, details the terms and conditions for interconnection service administered by the regional grid operator, and …”
supportsStatusConnection point
[13]
Iberdrola2026-02-24◆ Iberdrola — gsm26 annual accounts consol…
“On 3 September, the Federal Government filed motion to move to remand and vacate the Construction and Operations Plan for previously permitted offshore wind projects, including New England Wind 1. On …”
supportsoperator↳ parent
[15]
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (via CourtListener/RECAP)2026-01-16◆ ACK for Whales v. US Dept of Commerce, 1…
"Park City Wind has, to date, been unable to negotiate and sign PPAs for New England Wind 1" ... "It would be entirely imprudent to execute a PPA and expose the Project to enormous financial risk, unt…
supportsOn holdMechanismDetail
[17]
CourtListener (Free Law Project)2026-10-12◆ ACK for Whales v. US Dept of Commerce, 1…
“Jun 4, 2026 ... MINUTE ORDER. At the court's April 23, 2026, hearing on Defendants' 18 motion to remand, Defendants indicated that their motion may no longer be justified based on its initial briefing…”
supportsStatus note
[18]
U.S. Department of Justice, filed in D.D.C. (via CourtListener/RECAP)2026-07-30◆ ACK for Whales v. US Dept of Commerce, 1…
“BOEM has not completed any reconsideration and has not taken any action to amend or revoke the COP approval.”
supportsStatus note
Auction results2
[19]
Connecticut General Assembly2019◆ us-ct-pa-19-71
Connecticut Public Act 19-71 - up to 2,000 MW; authority for Park City Wind.
supportsUtility PPA · Connecticut Offshore Wind Procurement (PA 19-71)
[20]
MA DOER & EDCs + RI + CT2023◆ us-ma-83c-r4
Massachusetts/multi-state 83C Round 4 RFP (MA/RI/CT coordinated, up to 3,600 MW).
supportsUtility PPA · New England Multi-State Offshore Wind Solicitation (MA + RI)
Trade press4
[9]
[10]
[11]
[12]
Unverified import1
[1]