The primary operational wind turbine at South Fork Wind efficiently delivered clear energy to Lengthy Island, New York, making it the primary offshore wind farm in federal waters to start “powering up” in the USA. Two generators have been put in with one operational sited roughly 35 miles off Montauk with all 12 generators anticipated to be put in by early 2024.
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“New York’s nation-leading efforts to generate dependable, renewable clear vitality have reached a significant milestone,” mentioned Gov. Kathy Hochul. “South Fork Wind will energy hundreds of houses, create good-paying union jobs and show to all that offshore wind is a viable useful resource New York can harness for generations to return.”
This milestone got here two weeks after the set up of New York’s first offshore wind turbine. When full, South Fork Wind will generate roughly 130 MW of renewable vitality, sufficient to energy roughly 70,000 Lengthy Island houses.
“As we speak marks a major step in direction of implementing Gov. Hochul’s imaginative and prescient of a sustainable and resilient vitality future for New York,” mentioned Thomas Falcone, Lengthy Island Energy Authority CEO. “Practically eight years within the making, this primary offshore wind turbine producing vitality transforms that imaginative and prescient right into a actuality. LIPA is proud to assist this landmark challenge on behalf of our 1.2 million prospects on Lengthy Island and within the Rockaways.”
First accepted by the LIPA Board of Trustees in 2017, South Fork Wind started building in February 2022, beginning with the onshore export cable system that hyperlinks the challenge to the LIPA vitality grid, which was accomplished earlier this 12 months. The wind farm reached its “metal within the water” milestone in June 2023 with the set up of the challenge’s first monopile basis. Van Oord’s offshore set up vessel, the Aeolus, is putting in the generators.
South Fork Wind consists of the primary U.S.-built offshore wind substation. Greater than 350 U.S. employees throughout three states supported building of this offshore substation, a topside construction that collects the facility produced by wind generators and connects it to the grid. New York union employees supported its set up offshore.
Lengthy Island-based contractor Haugland Power Group put in the underground duct financial institution system for South Fork Wind’s onshore transmission line and led the development of the challenge’s onshore interconnection facility. LS Cable put in and jointed the onshore cables with assist from Lengthy Island’s Elecnor Hawkeye.
The onshore cable scope of labor alone created greater than 100 union jobs for Lengthy Island expert trades employees. Roman Stone, additionally on Lengthy Island, manufactured concrete mattresses to guard the undersea cables, and Ljungstrom, positioned in western New York, in partnership with Riggs Distler & Firm, supplied specialised structural steelwork.
As we speak’s announcement builds on the governor’s announcement earlier this month, by which New York plans to make the most important state funding in renewable vitality in U.S. historical past. The conditional awards included three offshore wind and 22 land-based renewable vitality initiatives totaling 6.4 GW of unpolluted vitality, sufficient to energy 2.6 million New York houses and ship roughly 12% of New York’s electrical energy wants as soon as accomplished.
When coupled with two marquee offshore wind blade and nacelle manufacturing amenities, this portfolio of newly introduced initiatives is predicted to create roughly 8,300 family-sustaining jobs and spur $20 billion in financial growth investments statewide, together with developer-committed investments to assist deprived communities.
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