Equinor has been granted authorisation from the US Federal Vitality Regulatory Fee (FERC) to hyperlink the Empire Wind 1 offshore wind undertaking immediately into New York’s transmission system.
Accredited on 1 March, the Massive Generator Interconnection Settlement (LGIA) executed between Equinor’s Empire Wind 1 undertaking, New York ISO (NYISO), and Consolidated Edison Firm of New York marks the primary such approval by FERC ever.
“This federal approval marks the end result of a years-long course of beneath NYISO and is one other vital step in permitting Equinor to advance a undertaking that may join offshore renewable energy to Brooklyn and into a whole lot of hundreds of New York properties,” stated Teddy Muhlfelder, vice chairman of Equinor Renewables Americas.
FERC’s approval permits the 810 MW Empire Wind 1 offshore wind undertaking to attach by the Sundown Park Onshore Substation at South Brooklyn Marine Terminal (SBMT) into the New York Metropolis electrical grid at Con Edison’s Gowanus substation.
This announcement is the most recent in a collection of milestones for Empire Wind 1, which was chosen as a provisional winner in New York’s fourth offshore wind solicitation on 29 February.
The undertaking additionally acquired approval of its federal Building and Operations Plan (COP) from the Bureau of Ocean Vitality Administration final month. As well as, a Clear Air Act allow was granted in February to New York’s Empire Offshore Wind LLC owned by Equinor.
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Equinor expects to take a closing funding resolution on Empire Wind 1 in mid-2024. As soon as the undertaking reaches monetary shut, it is going to transfer into the development stage with the primary energy anticipated to be produced in 2026.
A key element of the 810 MW undertaking is the transformation of the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal (SBMT) in Sundown Park, the place Equinor will construct Empire Wind’s operations and upkeep (O&M) facility, with building scheduled to start this Spring.
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