Sunset Park Marine Terminal to Become Operations Hub for Empire Wind 1
A bright spot has returned to New York’s ambitious green energy targets following the disappointing news last week of the cancelation of three provisionally awarded projects by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). Expected to generate a combined total of 4,032 megawatts, a final agreement was never achieved primarily due to General Electric’s decisions to shift to the building of a smaller turbine causing technical and commercial complexities between the provisional awardees and their partners. There was also the recent loss of a contract with Norwegian energy giant Equinor to build a 1,260-megawatt Empire Wind 2 wind farm amid rising costs. However, a second planned project by Equinor is moving forward and construction firm Skanska has been awarded an $861 million contract to transform the city-owned 73-acre waterfront South Brooklyn Marine Terminal into “a renewable manufacturing complex that will serve as the operations and maintenance hub for Empire Wind 1 — a wind farm planned for waters near Long Island.” Upon the new wind farm becoming operational, which is expected in late 2026, “the marine terminal will also serve as an interconnection site to plug in power from the 810-megawatt development to New York’s electric grid as part of the state’s goal to shift away from fossil fuels and produce 70% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030.
Source: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/19/new-york-offshore-wind-canceled-00153319