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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent

Danish wind power giant Ørsted delays major US offshore project

a closeup view of white turbine blades in the North Sea with scores of other turbines in the distance
The Hornsea 1 windfarm off the Yorkshire coast in the North Sea. Photograph: Orsted/EPA

The Danish company developing the world’s largest offshore windfarm in the North Sea has been forced to delay a major project off the north-east coast of the US, months after cancelling two nearby developments and cutting hundreds of jobs.

Ørsted has pushed back the start of commercial operations at its 704 megawatt Revolution Wind project off the coast of Rhode Island and Connecticut by a year, to 2026.

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