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Empire Wind 1

Under construction810 MWChecked 6 October 2026

Technology
Offshore wind
Capacity
810 MW
Status
Under construction
Operator
Empire Offshore Wind LLC
Location
Kings County, New York, United States
Expected
2027
Balancing authority
NYIS

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The register holds 95 incidents at offshore wind farms in the United States, 32 of them fires, and 297 worldwide. Counts of incidents in published reporting, not rates.

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Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860M (Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory). The dataset. The register adds only the incidents and the counts.