Empire Wind will certainly include as much as 147 Vestas V236-15.0 MW wind generator generators. [Image: Vestas]
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has actually finished its ecological testimonial of Equinor and also BP’s suggested Empire Wind overseas wind job, which BOEM quotes might power greater than 700,000 residences with tidy renewable resource.
“BOEM is doing its part to meet the administration’s ambitious energy goals – while remaining diligent in our efforts to avoid, minimize, and mitigate impacts to ocean users and the marine environment,” claimed BOEMDirector Elizabeth Klein “We value the feedback we have received from tribal nations, local community members, commercial fishing interests, and other ocean users in our process.”
Empire Wind, LLC, suggests to build 2 overseas wind jobs, referred to as Empire Wind 1 and also Empire Wind 2, in its lease location situated concerning 12 maritime miles (nm) south of Long Island, New York, and also concerning 16.9 nm eastern of Long Branch,New Jersey The 2 jobs will certainly be electrically separated and also independent from each various other.
The business suggests to build as much as 57 wind generators for Empire Wind 1 and also as much as 90 wind generators for Empire Wind 2, along with as much as 2 overseas substations with 2 wire courses linking to the onshore electric grid onLong Island Together, the jobs are anticipated to create as much as 2,076-megawatts of renewable resource.
A Notice of Availability will certainly release in the Federal Register onSept 15, 2023, for the suggested job’s f inal Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) The last EIS examines the prospective ecological influences of the tasks set out in Empire Wind, LLC’s Construction and alsoOperations Plan The last EIS is readily available on BOEM’s web site.
On Nov 14, 2022, BOEM released a draft EIS, launching a 60-day public remark duration, which shut onJan 17, 2023. BOEM additionally held 3 digital public conferences to obtain added responses on the draft EIS. The company obtained a total amount of 180 remarks from tribal countries; Federal, state, and also city government companies; non-governmental companies; and also the general public throughout the remark duration.
BOEM thought about these remarks and also stakeholders’ responses when establishing the last EIS. It currently intends to provide a Record of Decision on whether to authorize the job, and also if so, recognize problems of authorization, this loss.
