'Too expensive' | US state refuses lone offshore wind bid by Orsted JV on cost concerns

Citing cost concerns, the US state of Rhode Island’s main energy utility has decided not to advance the single project proposal submitted into a second solicitation for offshore wind capacity.

The joint venture (JV) of Orsted and New England utility Eversource was the only respondent to the state’s request for proposals (RfP) for between 600MW and 1GW of offshore wind capacity which closed in March with its 880MW