Empire Wind given green light
The wind farm will have a capacity of 810 MW.
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USA, New York: Governor Kathy Hochul has announced that the New York State Public Service Commission has granted Equinor’s 810 MW Empire Offshore Wind its final approval, authorising the start of construction of the project. The Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) authorised the construction and operation of transmission facilities for the delivery of electricity into New York from the project.
The transmission facilities, to be located within NY jurisdiction, include two 230 kV alternating current submarine transmission cables extending from the boundary of NY State waters (three nautical miles from shore) to the cable landfall in Brooklyn. Also included is a 0.2 mile onshore cable route including two 230 kV alternating current transmission cables buried underground connecting to an onshore substation and an onshore substation located at the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal that will increase the voltage to 345 kV. Also planned are two 345 kV alternating current onshore transmission cables buried underground from the onshore substation to a Point of Interconnection with Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.’s existing Gowanus 345 kV substation in Brooklyn.
President of Equinor Renewables Americas, Molly Morris, commented: “The approval by the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) of the Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity is another important step for the development of the Empire Wind 1 project. With this authorization in place, combined with other federal, state, and local authorizations, critical construction can begin in Brooklyn that will help connect the 810 MW of renewable energy produced by Empire Wind 1 to the New York City grid.”
Source: renews.biz