Qualla: Ocean Wind 1 https://qualla.com/ocean-wind-1 en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:08 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/d/q/g/n/ocean-wind-1-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Ocean Wind 1 https://qualla.com/ocean-wind-1 Ocean Wind 1: Introduction https://qualla.com/ocean-wind-1/ Photo credit BOEM, Public domain. On a stretch of Atlantic continental shelf about thirteen nautical miles southeast of Atlantic City, the seabed has been leased and unleased over the past decade in one of the longest-running offshore energy stories in American history. The lease area was meant to host Ocean Wind 1 - up to ninety-eight wind turbines with blades 394 feet long and tip heights that would have reached 906 feet above the waves, taller than most office towers. The project was approved, financed, permitted, and partially built. Then, in October 2023, the Danish developer Orsted cancelled it entirely. Eight years of planning collapsed in a single shareholder announcement. The seabed lease was vacated in 2024. The turbines were never installed. The story of Ocean Wind 1 is the story of America's first attempted large-scale offshore wind farm, and what happened to it.

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]]> Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/q/g/n/ocean-wind-1-wp/dqgn-ocean-wind-1-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Ocean Wind 1: The Lease Auction https://qualla.com/ocean-wind-1/ Photo credit BOEM, Public domain. On November 9, 2015, the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management held a competitive lease sale for 75,525 acres of seabed offshore New Jersey. The total area covered 118 square miles, designated Lease Area OCS-A 0498. After seven rounds of bidding, RES America Developments paid...

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]]> Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/q/g/n/ocean-wind-1-wp/dqgn-ocean-wind-1-the-lease-auction.mp3 0:06 2 full Ocean Wind 1: The Cables Through Ocean City https://qualla.com/ocean-wind-1/ Photo credit Unknown author, Public domain. The turbines would have been twelve miles offshore, but the power had to come ashore somewhere. After evaluating fourteen potential interconnection points across New Jersey, Orsted selected two: the former Oyster Creek nuclear plant site in Lacey Township, and the BL England Gene...

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]]> Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/q/g/n/ocean-wind-1-wp/dqgn-ocean-wind-1-the-cables-through-ocean-city.mp3 0:06 3 full Ocean Wind 1: The Whales https://qualla.com/ocean-wind-1/ Photo credit Unknown author, Public domain. Starting in late 2022 and continuing through 2023, an unusual number of dead North Atlantic right whales, humpbacks, and other large cetaceans began washing up on New Jersey and New York beaches. The cause was disputed - scientific consensus pointed to vessel strikes and fishing ...

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]]> Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/q/g/n/ocean-wind-1-wp/dqgn-ocean-wind-1-the-whales.mp3 0:06 4 full Ocean Wind 1: The Cancellation https://qualla.com/ocean-wind-1/ Photo credit Unknown author, Public domain. On October 31, 2023, Orsted announced that it was canceling Ocean Wind 1 entirely. The company took a $4 billion writedown. The stated reasons were a combination of rising interest rates, supply chain problems, and inflation in offshore wind components - all real and all severe. ...

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]]> Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/q/g/n/ocean-wind-1-wp/dqgn-ocean-wind-1-the-cancellation.mp3 0:06 5 full Ocean Wind 1: What Happens Next https://qualla.com/ocean-wind-1/ Photo credit Unknown author, Public domain. Ocean Wind 1 was supposed to be a milestone - America's first commercial-scale offshore wind farm. Its cancellation became a different milestone: the most dramatic offshore wind failure in American history. In January 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order tempora...

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