Eversource’s offshore wind transmission project
USA, Cape Cod: Eversource initiates New England’s largest offshore wind transmission project.
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USA, Cape Cod: Eversource initiates New England’s largest offshore wind transmission project.
Eversource is constructing the Cape Cod Solution, New England’s largest transmission project for offshore wind development. The initiative aims to combat climate change, enhance the electric system’s resilience, and deliver clean, renewable wind energy to customers in the region. It will specifically benefit Cape Cod, an area experiencing severe weather due to climate change.
“We are investing in our transmission system to interconnect more clean energy resources like offshore wind and distributed solar, and to accommodate increased demand for electricity as more customers adopt technologies like electric vehicles and heat pumps,” said Eversource President for Transmission and Offshore Wind Projects Bill Quinlan. “This co-optimized solution is being built with our customers’ current and future needs in mind, and the project is cost-effectively designed to have minimal impacts on the environment and Cape Cod communities.”
Phase I of the Cape Cod Solution has begun, involving the construction of an approximately 20 km transmission line designed for future electric needs. Operating at 115 kV initially, it will improve service reliability for Cape Cod customers. The line can increase capacity to 345 kV in Phase II, enabling the integration of power from offshore wind farms. Avangrid, the developer of Park City Wind, an 800 MW wind farm off Cape Cod’s coast, will cover the costs of upgrading to 345 kV.
Source: T&D