Con Edison breaks ground on Brooklyn substation
Con Edison has started building the Brooklyn Clean Energy Hub, a new transmission substation.
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USA, New York: Con Edison has started building the Brooklyn Clean Energy Hub, a new transmission substation.
Con Edison is building the Brooklyn Clean Energy Hub, a transmission substation that will strengthen New York’s power grid, help meet the region’s growing demand for electricity, and serve as a gateway for offshore wind power. Utilizing renewable energy sources, the hub will serve as a critical plug-in point for future offshore wind infrastructure. The hub will be able to accommodate up to 1,500 megawatts or enough electricity to power 750,000 homes and construction is expected to create more than 500 skilled union jobs.
“The Brooklyn Clean Energy Hub represents a major milestone in the clean energy transition and will strengthen our grid’s reliability,” said Tim Cawley, Con Edison’s chairman and chief executive. “This project will offer a critical plug-in point to connect with offshore wind, while creating good jobs, supporting economic growth, and advancing New York’s climate goals.”
Barges will deliver some components and construction materials to the site, minimizing traffic on local streets. Con Edison consulted with community leaders on plans for the Brooklyn Clean Energy Hub building designs.
As a critical partner in meeting New York’s goal of a zero-emission energy grid by 2040, Con Edison is thinking about ways to strengthen and expand the energy system to accommodate new sources of renewable energy and increased demand. The transition to electric vehicles and heat pumps is driving up demand for power in New York City and Con Edison has identified neighborhoods where demand will exceed the existing infrastructure’s capacity by 2028. This hub will help address those future reliability needs.
Offshore wind is key to meeting New York’s renewable energy targets. The state’s plan to build 9,000 megawatts of offshore wind capacity by 2035 requires onshore injection points for the power. But the availability of potential interconnection points in New York City and Long Island is limited by space and grid constraints. To meet that challenge, the project will have the potential to serve as an interconnection point for 1,500 megawatts of offshore wind power, offering developers the opportunity to plug future projects into New York City’s grid.
The substation will be built on land that Con Edison already owns and distribute power via underground transmission lines to the planned Gateway Park Area Substation in Canarsie, Brooklyn, and other substations, and support the expansion of JFK Airport and the region’s economic growth. It will also allow for increased energy transfers across Con Edison’s high-voltage transmission system and will be built to withstand extreme weather and the impacts of climate change.
Source: Con Edison
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