Empire Wind

Empire Wind
Map
CountryUnited States
LocationOCS-A 0512 Offshore New York
(Hudson North)[1]
Coordinates40°19′45″N 73°30′28″W / 40.329226°N 73.507861°W / 40.329226; -73.507861
StatusProposed
Wind farm
TypeOffshore
Distance from shore15 miles (24 km)
Power generation
Make and modelVestas 138 V236-15MW
Nameplate capacity2.1 GW
External links
WebsiteEmpire Wind
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Empire Wind is a proposed utility-scale offshore wind farm on the Outer Continental Shelf Offshore New York.[2] It will be located in Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) lease area OCS-A 0512 (known as Hudson North)[3][4] in the New York Bight about 15 miles (24 km) south of Jones Beach, Long Island.[5][6]

The first phase of the project, Empire Wind 1, is expected to have a 816MW nameplate capacity generated by 60-80 wind turbines (each with an installed capacity of more than 15 MW[7]). The second part of the project, Empire Wind 2, was cancelled due to "rising inflation, higher borrowing costs, and supply chain issues.".[8] It was expected to generate 1,284 MW for a total of 2.1 GW of power,[9] which was projected to power over 1,000,000 homes in New York.[9] Empire Wind 1 was expected to come on line in late 2024,[10][11] but postponed to late 2026.[12] NYSERDA lists the expected commercial operation date of Empire Wind 1 as 2027.[13]

  1. ^ "Lease OCS-A 0512; Bureau of Ocean Energy Management". www.boem.gov.
  2. ^ "Empire Wind - 4C Offshore". www.4coffshore.com.
  3. ^ "New York's Offshore Wind Projects". NYSERDA.
  4. ^ "New York Bight; Bureau of Ocean Energy Management". www.boem.gov.
  5. ^ "BOEM New York Bight lease area map".
  6. ^ Simulation Offers First Look At Long Islanders' View Of Empire Wind Project, retrieved 2022-12-16
  7. ^ "Technology". Empire Wind. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  8. ^ "Equinor, BP cancel contract to sell offshore wind power to New York". Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  9. ^ a b "Project". Empire Wind. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  10. ^ "StackPath". www.tdworld.com.
  11. ^ "Empire Wind Project, Offshore New York, USA". www.power-technology.com.
  12. ^ Cite error: The named reference Voorhis was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  13. ^ "New York's Offshore Wind Projects". NYSERDA. Retrieved 2024-02-19.