A New York State utility is moving ahead with a power purchase agreement for Deepwater Wind’s 90MW South Fork offshore wind project.
“Contract negotiations are successfully concluded,” Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) spokesman Sid Nathan told reNEWS. Details were not revealed.
The LIPA board of trustees is scheduled to vote on the contract at its next meeting on 25 January.
New York State governor Andrew Cuomo recently urged the board to approve the 15-turbine project, located 30 miles southeast of Montauk in the 1GW-plus Rhode Island-Massachusetts wind energy area.
Deepwater proposed the South Fork scheme in 2015 in response to a competitive solicitation that was open to both renewables and fossil fuel-fired generators.
The project was selected as the least-cost way to meet the growing power needs of the constrained South Fork area, commonly known as the Hamptons.
The utility canceled an earlier vote scheduled in July 2016 at the request of the New York State Energy and Research Development Authority.
NYSERDA is developing a new state-wide offshore wind plan to build 2.4GW by 2030.
Image: The developer’s 30MW Block Island wind farm (Deepwater Wind)
Deepwater nears South Fork PPA
90MW offshore project on brink of securing deal with New York State utility
By EBS