GE and Bond Civil & Utility Construction have been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to provide the onshore substation for the 816MW Empire Wind 1 offshore wind farm off New York.
The consortium led by GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business will be responsible for delivering the onshore substation and interconnection cable in Brooklyn, New York City, on an EPC basis.
It will also design and supply the high-voltage electrical systems for the offshore substation.
GE’s AC systems group has been engaged with Equinor, which is developing Empire 1 with BP, since the pre-front end engineering design (FEED) phase.
GE’s AC systems group coordinated the implementation of digital substations including advanced digital monitoring, controls, and software systems.
GE will provide the critical connection and power balance needed between the offshore wind farm and the point of interconnection to the New York electrical grid.
Bond Civil & Utility will be responsible for all aspects of construction of the onshore substation and interconnection cable, site restoration, and high voltage electric equipment installation for the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal (SBMT) substation.
Development of the onshore and offshore substations will start this year, with construction expected to begin during the second half of 2023.
GE’s Grid Solutions and Bond Civil and Utility plan to open a project office in Brooklyn that will host the complete project teams.
The Brooklyn terminal will serve as a hub for Equinor and BP’s Empire Wind and Beacon Wind projects that will supply 3.3GW of energy.
The complex will be transformed into a staging and assembly facility for the industry, as well as a long-term operations and maintenance base.
Equinor recently announced a New York project office located in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, opposite the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal.