The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will initiate a review of Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners’ construction and operations plan for a 2GW lease area held by the developer in the New York Bight area.
The Vineyard Mid-Atlantic Offshore Wind project is in one of the six lease areas within the New York Bight.
The proposal calls for up to 117 turbines, and includes up to two potential export cable corridors that would make landfall at Rockaway Beach, Atlantic Beach, or Jones Beach, New York.
The lease area is 20 miles offshore New York and 36 miles offshore New Jersey.
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Director Elizabeth Klein said: “Our environmental reviews are essential for helping us identify, evaluate, and address the possible impacts of our renewable energy efforts on other uses of the offshore environment and marine ecosystems.”
The initiation of the environmental review begins a 45-day public comment period, running through 1 March.