The UNITED STATE Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) stated Monday it had actually finished its ecological evaluation of the suggested Ocean Wind 1 wind task offshore New Jersey, which might power approximately a fifty percent million houses.
As component of the Ocean Wind 1 task, Orsted’s Ocean Wind LLC suggests to accumulate to 98 wind generator generators (WTGs) and also approximately 3 overseas substations within its lease location.
At its closest factor, the Ocean Wind 1 task will certainly go to the very least 13 maritime miles southeast of Atlantic City,New Jersey
Export cable televisions are expected to make landfall in Ocean County and also Cape May County,New Jersey
If all 98 WTGs are authorized for installment, the approximated capability variety will certainly be from 1,215 to 1,440 megawatts, with the ability of powering approximately 504,000 houses annually. If authorized, Ocean Wind 1 will certainly be the 3rd commercial-scale overseas wind task situated on the united state Outer Continental Shelf authorized by the Biden-Harris management.
A “Notice of Availability” for the last Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Ocean Wind LLC’s Proposed Wind Energy Facility Offshore New Jersey” will certainly release in the Federal Register on May 26, 2023. The last EIS evaluates the prospective ecological influences of the tasks set out in Ocean Wind LLC’s Construction and alsoOperations Plan The last EIS is readily available on BOEM’s web site.
On June 24, 2022, BOEM released a draft Environmental Impact Statement( EIS), beginning a 45-day public remark duration, which was later on prolonged up untilAug 23, 2022.
BOEM stated Monday it had actually additionally held 3 digital public hearings to get added responses on the draft EIS from Tribal countries, neighborhood neighborhood participants, business angling rate of interests, and also various other sea individuals. BOEM got a total amount of 1,389 remark entries from Federal, Tribal, state, and also city government firms; non-governmental companies, and also the public throughout the remark duration.
“BOEM considered these comments and stakeholders’ feedback when developing the final EIS, a critical step to ensure the project can move forward while balancing the needs and interests of everyone who may be affected by the development,” BOEM stated.
BOEM intends to release a Record of Decision (POLE) on whether to accept the suggested task this summer season. The pole is the verdict of the National Environmental Policy Act EIS procedure.
