Deepwater Wind is proposing to supply Long Island’s South Fork with electricity from a 90MW offshore wind farm and two new battery energy storage systems.
The 15-turbine, Deepwater One – South Fork proposal is in response to PSEG-Long Island’s request for new local energy resources serving the area.
It will be the first phase of a regional offshore wind farm the company is developing roughly 30 miles southeast of Montauk, New York.
All transmission cables will be buried deep below existing roads and under shoreline features, with no overhead cables or poles, Deepwater said.
Construction on Deepwater One – South Fork could begin as early as 2019, with commercial operations by 2022.
Deepwater will also build two new battery energy storage facilities totalling 15MW – one in Montauk and the other in Wainscott.
The facilities will consist of lithium-ion battery technology designed and installed by General Electric.
The energy storage facilities will be located on industrially zoned sites on Industrial Road in Montauk and at the Wainscott Commercial Center and will be operational by 2018.
Deepwater Wind chief executive officer Jeffrey Grybowski said: “Governor Cuomo has made New York a leader in clean energy.
“Not only will the project reduce air pollution emissions on Long Island, but it’ll also defer the need to build costly new power plants and transmission systems on the South Fork.”
Deepwater also said that the first construction season is now complete at the Block Island wind farm.
Construction crews installed the last deck platform on 21 November and all construction and vessels have now been demobilised.
Submarine cable installation is set to start in spring 2016 with the erection of the first of five turbines starting in the summer.
The project is scheduled to be generating power in the fourth quarter of next year.
Image: foundation and platform at Deepwater Wind’s Block Island wind farm (Deepwater)
