Empire Wind To Rise Off Long Island

Wind energy project off LI to be called Empire Wind

Mark Harrington, October 23, 2017 (Newsday)

“…The name of the first wind-energy array off Long Island’s South Shore will be distinctly New York: Empire Wind…[Developer] Statoil, which is two-thirds owned by the Norwegian government, won the bidding to develop 79,000 acres of ocean off Long Island through a federal auction in December 2016. Statoil’s bid was $42.5 million, besting New York State, the second-final bidder…New York State this month identified more than 1 million acres of offshore waters for future wind arrays for at least four additional wind farms beyond the Statoil project…For Empire Wind, the tentative plan is to erect 80 to 100 turbines 14 miles south of Long Beach and extending south-eastward…[When fully developed, the] project would produce up to 1,000 megawatts of energy but it will require more than 20 federal and state permits before it can even begin to move toward construction, in 2021. Statoil expects it to be operational by 2024…LIPA has already contracted for a 90-megawatt wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island, between Block Island and Martha’s Vineyard, requiring a 50-mile connection to supply power primarily to the East End. LIPA hopes that project, by Deepwater Wind, will be completed by the end of 2022…” click here for more

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