Ørsted and PSEG file proposals for New Jersey’s offshore wind transmission solution
USA, New Jersey: Ørsted and Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) have submitted several joint proposals for offshore wind power transmission in New Jersey.
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USA, New Jersey: Ørsted and Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) have submitted several joint proposals for offshore wind power transmission in New Jersey.
The companies have responded to the solicitation the regional electricity grid operator PJM Interconnection is conducting on behalf of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU).
The joint proposals, collectively named Coastal Wind Link, are designed to deliver thousands of megawatts of offshore wind energy into New Jersey’s grid, drawing from PSEG’s extensive transmission experience and Ørsted’s expertise in offshore wind energy, the two partners said.
Ørsted and PSEG are behind the 1.1 GW Ocean Wind project off the coast of Atlantic City, which will be New Jersey’s first large-scale offshore wind farm.
PSEG and Ørsted have joined forces to bring forward an offshore grid solution alongside companies such as Anbaric and Rise Light & Power, who announced their proposals last month.
Anbaric Development Partners has submitted a portfolio of 19 offshore wind power transmission projects in New Jersey, called the Boardwalk Power Link projects, which propose to utilise 400 kV HVDC transmission with offshore platform locations that would allow for ready use by the bidders in future New Jersey offshore wind procurements.
Rise Light & Power’s proposal involves redeveloping the site of a former coal-fired power station in South Amboy and turning it into a renewable energy hub serving as a central interconnection point for offshore wind farms. The company said that its Outerbridge Renewable Connector project enabled avoiding bringing high voltage power cables ashore at New Jersey’s beaches or other sensitive areas.
PJM Interconnection launched the solicitation in April, looking for qualified developers to submit potential transmission solutions that would help deliver offshore wind energy to the existing power grid in New Jersey.
Source: Offshore WIND
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