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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul: “New York’s nation-leading efforts to generate dependable, renewable clear power have reached a significant milestone.”
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul introduced on December 6 the profitable supply of unpolluted energy to Lengthy Island from the primary operational wind turbine at Ørsted and Eversource’s South Fork Wind The information got here lower than a month after completion of the primary operational turbine on the wind farm, which is situated roughly 19 miles southeast of Block Island, Rhode Island, and 35 miles east of Montauk Level, New York.
The mission has accomplished the set up of two generators, with one operational, roughly 35 miles off Montauk with all 12 generators anticipated to be put in by early 2024.
“New York’s nation-leading efforts to generate dependable, renewable clear power have reached a significant milestone,” Gov. Hochul stated.
When full, South Fork Wind will generate roughly 130 megawatts of renewable power, sufficient to energy roughly 70,000 Lengthy Island houses. The renewable power from South Fork Wind will remove as much as six million tons of carbon emissions annually, the equal of taking 60,000 vehicles off the street.
Lengthy Island Energy Authority CEO, Thomas Falcone, stated, “As we speak marks a major step in the direction of implementing Gov. Hochul’s imaginative and prescient of a sustainable and resilient power future for New York. Practically eight years within the making, this primary offshore wind turbine producing power transforms that imaginative and prescient right into a actuality. LIPA is proud to help this landmark mission on behalf of our 1.2 million clients on Lengthy Island and within the Rockaways.”
Ørsted Group EVP and CEO Americas David Hardy stated, “East Hampton has now made historical past as the primary group in New York to obtain clear power from an offshore wind farm. South Fork Wind is not only a trailblazing mission for the state, it’s additionally one of many foundations of America’s offshore wind power business and a testomony to our staff’s dedication, experience and arduous work. Because of the management of the Biden and Hochul administrations, and our state and native companions and supporters, South Fork Wind is powering up and setting the stage for a rising American business.”
Eversource Vitality chairman, president and CEO Joe Nolan stated, “South Fork Wind is a mission by New Yorkers, for New Yorkers. Clear, renewable offshore wind power is now flowing to the native grid in East Hampton thanks particularly to the arduous work of native union employees and contractors who helped us construct South Fork Wind’s transmission system and onshore substation. This has been a yr of firsts for New York’s offshore wind business, and there’s much more to come back within the weeks forward for this groundbreaking mission and the expansion of the U.S. offshore wind sector.”
First accredited by the LIPA Board of Trustees in 2017, South Fork Wind started development in February 2022, starting with the onshore export cable system that hyperlinks the mission to the LIPA power grid, which was accomplished early this yr. The wind farm reached its “metal within the water” milestone in June 2023 with the set up of the mission’s first monopile basis. Van Oord’s offshore set up vessel, the Aeolus, is putting in the generators.
South Fork Wind contains the primary U.S.-built offshore wind substation. Greater than 350 U.S. employees throughout three states supported development of this offshore substation, a topside construction that collects the ability produced by wind generators and connects it to the grid. New York union employees supported its set up offshore.
Lengthy Island-based contractor Haugland Vitality Group LLC (an affiliate of Haugland Group LLC), put in the underground duct financial institution system for South Fork Wind’s onshore transmission line and led the development of the mission’s onshore interconnection facility. LS Cable put in and jointed the onshore cables with help from Lengthy Island’s Elecnor Hawkeye. Roman Stone, additionally on Lengthy Island, manufactured concrete mattresses to guard the undersea cables, and Ljungstrom, situated in western New York, in partnership with Riggs Distler & Firm, Inc., supplied specialised structural steelwork.
“Offshore wind electrical energy is flowing by way of New York energy traces because of greater than a decade of labor to convey offshore wind on-line within the U.S,” stated Liz Burdock, founder and CEO of Oceantic Community. “The business as a complete ought to be happy with the work carried out by many to get us the place we’re in the present day – offering clear, renewable offshore wind power at scale to communities and houses. The Community applauds Eversource and Ørsted’s efforts to develop this mission, which now serves as a proof level for offshore wind’s viability and advantages. We additionally congratulate the Lengthy Island Energy Authority, New York State Vitality Analysis & Growth Company, and the numerous group members, advocates, labor unions, and authorities officers, who’ve labored tirelessly to make this mission a actuality.”
