Ørsted and Eversource Win Bid for Updated Sunrise Wind Project in New York
29 Febbraio 2024 - 6:27PM
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Ready-to-Build Project Set to Create Jobs and
Help N.Y. Meet Its Climate Goals; Sunrise Wind Would Be Largest
U.S. Offshore Wind Farm Upon Completion in 2026
New York State has selected Ørsted and Eversource to negotiate a
new 25-year contract for their Sunrise Wind offshore wind farm.
This conditional award brings the 924-megawatt project one critical
step closer to fulfilling its promise to deliver substantial
economic benefits across New York and help the state meet its
climate goals.
NYSERDA President and CEO Doreen M. Harris said, “As we
reset New York's offshore wind portfolio, we continue to evolve and
strengthen the private-public partnerships that will keep us on a
path to crystalizing one of the most ambitious offshore wind goals
in the nation. NYSERDA looks forward to Sunrise Wind delivering
clean power to our grid in the near term while helping our local
communities realize the family-sustaining jobs, private investment,
and public health benefits that offshore wind can bring to millions
of New Yorkers."
Sunrise Wind will now begin the next steps of finalizing
agreements with New York’s energy agency, New York State Energy
Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), on the OREC (Offshore
Wind Renewable Energy Certificates) contract. The project is
anticipated to be operational in 2026 and will begin the full scope
of construction once it has received all federal permits, slated
for this summer. The final investment decision on Sunrise Wind is
expected to be made in the second quarter of 2024.
“With the selection of Sunrise Wind, New York’s offshore wind
story is set to enter a new chapter of large-scale job creation and
economic development, and we thank Governor Hochul and her
administration for their continued leadership,” said David Hardy,
Group EVP and CEO Americas at Ørsted. “We’re ready to build on the
foundation we’ve laid with New York’s first offshore wind project,
South Fork Wind, while delivering significantly more jobs, local
supply chain and community investments, and renewable power for New
Yorkers.”
“We’re grateful for the Hochul Administration’s support of the
state’s offshore wind industry and their selection of our updated
Sunrise Wind project,” said Eversource Energy Chairman, President
and Chief Executive Officer Joe Nolan. “Sunrise Wind is another
major step forward for our shared clean energy future and will
deliver significant new investments to New York State, including
the creation of hundreds of local union jobs building the project’s
onshore transmission system. We’re excited to get shovels in the
ground and begin the full scope of onshore construction.”
Joint venture partners Ørsted and Eversource submitted a new
proposal for Sunrise Wind in response to New York’s latest offshore
wind solicitation, re-bidding an updated project. The Sunrise Wind
design has been reviewed and accepted by all relevant state
agencies, and the project has secured all major supplier and
project labor agreements.
Sunrise Wind has earned broad bipartisan support across New York
from local elected officials and business, community, labor and
environmental organizations.
With this successful re-bid, Ørsted will acquire Eversource’s 50
percent ownership share in Sunrise Wind, becoming the sole owner of
Sunrise Wind, subject to signing of an OREC contract with NYSERDA,
finalization of acquisition agreements, receipt of the federal
construction and operations plan, and relevant regulatory
approvals. Eversource will remain contracted to lead the project’s
onshore construction.
Sunrise Wind’s Community
Investments
Sunrise Wind is making significant investments in the state’s
offshore wind workforce and supply chain, including:
- A record $200 million offshore wind supply chain award to Long
Island-based contractor Haugland Energy Group LLC, which will
create more than 400 jobs for New York union workers to install the
underground duct bank system for Sunrise Wind’s onshore
transmission line in Brookhaven, in Suffolk County.
- $86 million supply chain contract with Riggs Distler &
Company, Inc., bringing construction and steel manufacturing work
to Capital Region and Western New York companies supporting the
construction of advanced foundation components for wind turbines at
the Port of Coeymans. That contract is creating 230
family-sustaining jobs.
- Supporting the development of New York’s National Offshore Wind
Training Center on Long Island with a $10 million investment.
- Advancing the first offshore wind project in America to use
high-voltage direct current transmission technology.
- Investing $5 million in a research partnership with Stony Brook
University.
- Establishing an operations and maintenance hub in East Setauket
and harbor facility in Port Jefferson to support wind farm
operations and the long-term associated operations and maintenance
jobs.
- Completed a host community agreement with the Town of
Brookhaven.
About Ørsted A global clean energy leader, Ørsted
develops, constructs, and operates offshore and land-based wind
farms, solar farms, energy storage facilities, and bioenergy
plants. Ørsted was the first energy company in the world to have
its science-based net-zero emissions target validated by the
Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) and is recognized as the
world’s most sustainable energy developer in the Corporate Knights
Global 100 index.
In the United States, the company has approximately 700
employees and a portfolio of clean energy assets and partnerships
that includes offshore wind energy, land-based wind energy, solar,
battery storage and e-fuels. Ørsted is a U.S. leader in offshore
wind energy with approximately 3 gigawatts in development and
operates America’s first offshore wind farm, located off the coast
of Block Island. Ørsted has a total U.S. land-based capacity of 5
gigawatts across wind, solar, storage technologies and e-fuels. To
learn more about the Ørsted U.S. business, visit us.orsted.com or
follow the company on X (@OrstedUS), Instagram, and Facebook.
About Eversource Eversource (NYSE: ES), celebrated as a
national leader for its corporate citizenship, is the #1 energy
company in Newsweek’s list of America’s Most Responsible Companies
for 2024 and recognized as a Five-Year Champion, appearing in every
edition of the list. Eversource transmits and delivers electricity
and natural gas and supplies water to approximately 4.4 million
customers in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. The #1
energy efficiency provider in the nation, Eversource harnesses the
commitment of approximately 9,900 employees across three states to
build a single, united company around the mission of safely
delivering reliable energy and water with superior customer
service. The company is empowering a clean energy future in the
Northeast, with nationally recognized energy efficiency solutions
and successful programs to integrate new clean energy resources
like a first-in-the-nation networked geothermal pilot project,
solar, offshore wind, electric vehicles and battery storage, into
the electric system. For more information, please visit
eversource.com, and follow us on X, Facebook, Instagram, and
LinkedIn. For more information on our water services, visit
aquarionwater.com.
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