Beacon wind farm

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Other names: OCS-A 0520

Beacon wind farm is a wind farm in pre-construction in Nantucket, New York, United States.

Project Details

Table 1: Phase-level project details for Beacon wind farm

Phase name	Status	Commissioning year	Nameplate capacity	Type	Owner	Operator
1	Pre-construction	2029 (planned)	1230 MW	Offshore hard mount	BP PLC [50%]; Equinor ASA [50%]	Equinor
2	Pre-construction	–	1200 MW	Offshore hard mount	BP PLC [50%]; Equinor ASA [50%]	–

Location

Table 2: Phase-level location details for Beacon wind farm

Phase Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
1	Nantucket, New York, United States	41.0545, -70.4500 (approximate)
2	Nantucket, United States	41.0545, -70.4500 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate locations of the wind farm phases:

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