Tesla batteries proposed for offshore project

US offshore wind developer Deepwater Wind has unveiled plans for a new offshore wind and energy storage project offshore Massachusetts. The company is proposing Tesla to equip its ‘Revolution Wind’ 144 MW wind farm with a 40 MW hour battery storage system . Deepwater Wind has also proposed alternative bids for a larger 288 MW version of Revolution Wind and a smaller 96 MW version.

The Revolution Wind farm is expected to be the largest combined offshore wind and energy storage project in the world . Offshore wind is said to have become the new mainstream for US too. Deepwater Wind says the 144 MW Revolution Wind project could be built in a single construction season, and developed more cost-effectively, and with considerably less risk, than a larger project.

The wind farm will be adjacent to Deepwater Wind’s South Fork Wind Farm, a 90 MW project serving Long Island. Fully-built, the lease site has the potential to host 2 GW of offshore wind energy.

If approved, construction work would begin in 2022, with the project in operation in 2023. Survey work is already underway at Deepwater Wind’s lease area.