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The Federal Vitality Regulatory Fee (FERC) has executed the Massive Generator Interconnection Settlement (LGIA) between Equinor’s Empire Wind 1 venture, New York ISO and Consolidated Edison of New York, marking the primary FERC approval for an offshore wind venture to attach straight into the New York Metropolis transmission system.
FERC’s approval permits the venture to attach via the Sundown Park Onshore Substation at South Brooklyn Marine Terminal (SBMT) and into the town electrical grid at Con Edison’s Gowanus substation, delivering an anticipated 810 MW.
The 73-acre South Brooklyn Marine Terminal is ready to remodel right into a devoted port facility for offshore wind and can help the staging and meeting of turbine parts for Empire Wind and different East Coast tasks. It’ll additionally function the O&M hub for Empire Wind 1 in addition to the location of the venture’s onshore substation.
“The execution of the LGIA is a key milestone for Empire Wind and for New York Metropolis,” says Teddy Muhlfelder, vp of Equinor Renewables Americas. “This federal approval marks the fruits of a years-long course of beneath NYISO and is one other necessary step in permitting Equinor to advance a venture that can join offshore renewable energy to Brooklyn and into a whole bunch of hundreds of New York properties.”
SBMT is being redeveloped along with New York Metropolis Financial Improvement Company and terminal operator Sustainable South Brooklyn Marine Terminal, a three way partnership of Purple Hook Terminals and Trade Metropolis.