Industrial, Sourcing Renewables, Wind  -  July 18, 2024

NY State Begins Construction of Offshore Wind Project

New York Governor Hochul announced the start of construction on New York’s largest offshore wind project, Sunrise Wind, a 924-megawatt project.

The wind project was developed by Ørsted, and once completed, will provide enough clean energy to power approximately 600,000 New York homes. 

Hochul also announced the issuance of New York’s fifth offshore wind solicitation to advance the next wave of clean energy development projects off the state’s coast. Final proposals for the solicitation are due on September 9, 2024.

"We're growing New York's green economy, building clean energy, and expanding economic opportunities for all New Yorkers," Governor Hochul said in a statement. "By breaking ground on Sunrise Wind and advancing the next wave of offshore wind projects, New York is passing a tremendous milestone to combat climate change. These projects will create good-paying union jobs and demonstrate that New York is leading the nation to build the offshore wind industry."

The project will be located approximately 30 miles east of Montauk, New York, with an approved transmission route connecting to the state’s electricity grid at the Holbrook Substation in the Town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County.

Sunrise Wind already completed all major federal and state permitting milestones and received approval of its Construction and Operations Plan (COP) from the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) on June 21, 2024.

This milestone builds on a series of significant offshore wind developments for the State in 2024, including the completion of the first utility-scale offshore wind farm in the U.S. Ørsted’s South Fork Wind, finalization of contracts from New York’s fourth offshore wind solicitation and a historic groundbreaking at the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal, which will support staging and assembly of offshore wind components and serve as an operations and maintenance hub for the Empire Wind 1 offshore wind project.

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