Block Island Wind Farm
Wind power plant · Washington County, Rhode Island
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Offshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Deepwater Wind Block Island LLC
- County
- Washington County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 1.17%
- Rank among wind plants in Rhode Island
- #1 of 19
- EIA plant code
- 58035
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIWF | Offshore Wind Turbine | 30 MW | 29 MW | 2016 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Rhode Island
| Dry Bridge Solar (Brown University) | Solar | 40 MW |
| Johnston LFG Turbine Plant | Other | 36 MW |
| University Solar, LLC | Solar | 24 MW |
| GD West Greenwich Nooseneck I, LLC | Solar | 20 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 30 MW solar plant and a 30 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Rhode Island power plants · What Rhode Island actually generates