The state’s first surge of electricity produced by an offshore wind farm will not reach Connecticut in 2025 after all. Revolution Wind, the 65-turbine wind farm under construction and slated to be the first to deliver power to Connecticut, will not start delivering electricity to the state until 2026 because of delays in construction of an onshore substation, Danish wind farm developer Ørsted announced on Thursday. The 704 megawatt wind farm, 15 miles off the coast of Rhode Island, was slated to be in operation by 2025 and remains under construction. Ørsted said ground contamination was anticipated at the site of the substation but turned out to be worse than expected. It has led to a change in the plans for construction. Ørsted, in a statement on Friday, said that despite the delay, construction of Revolution Wind continues to progress. Turbines for Revolution Wind are being delivered, assembled and shipped out of State Pier in New London where vessels have been coming and going over the past few weeks. There is not expected to be an impact on operations at State Pier.
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