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Deepwater
Wind has unveiled plans for a utility-scale offshore wind farm paired with
an energy storage system. The proposed project, Revolution Wind, is set
to have a 144MW capacity and will be paired with a 40MWh battery storage
system provided by Tesla.
“Revolution Wind will be the largest combined offshore wind and energy
storage project in the world,” said Deepwater Wind Chief Executive
Officer Jeffrey Grybowski.
“People may be surprised by just how affordable
and reliable this clean energy combo will be. Offshore wind is mainstream
and it is coming to the U.S. in a big way.”
Deepwater Wind proposed the project in response to the Commonwealth’s
request for new sources of clean energy in Section 83D of the Act to Promote
Energy Diversity. Deepwater Wind also provided alternative bids for a larger
288MW version of Revolution Wind and a smaller 96MW version.
Revolution Wind’s offshore wind-battery storage pairing will allow the
Commonwealth to meet two policy goals. First, by delivering clean energy
– backed up with energy storage – during the times when the grid
needs it most, Revolution Wind will help to defer the need to construct
costly new peaking generating facilities and transmission lines.
Second, Revolution Wind will advance offshore wind development in Massachusetts
by providing an avenue to launch the new industry with an initial smaller-scale
project, and phase in larger projects in close succession. This way, the
Commonwealth’s ratepayers will benefit from increased competition and
declining costs, and the regional supply chain will steadily mature explained
Deepwater Wind.
“Revolution Wind is flexible and scalable. That’s a serious advantage
of offshore wind – we can build to the exact size utilities need,” Grybowski
said
. “We can build a larger project if other New England states want
to participate now or we can start smaller to fit into the region’s near-term
energy gaps. And our pricing at any size will be very competitive with
the alternatives.”
Deepwater Wind is set be the first offshore wind company to base construction
and operations in the City of New Bedford, Massachusetts. The company will
locate final turbine assembly and staging operations at the New Bedford
Marine Commerce Terminal. In addition, Revolution Wind’s long-term operations
and maintenance centre will be in the City.
Deepwater Wind will build Revolution Wind in the company’s federal lease
site off the coast of Massachusetts. The site is located 30 miles from
the mainland and about 12 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard. The wind farm
will be adjacent to Deepwater Wind’s South Fork Wind Farm, a 90MW project
serving Long Island. Fully-built, the lease site has the potential to host
2GW of offshore wind energy.
If approved, local construction work on Revolution Wind would begin in
2022, with the project in full operation in 2023. Survey work is already
underway at Deepwater Wind’s lease area.
Deepwater Wind also intends to submit an offshore wind proposal under Massachusetts’
separate 83C offshore wind RFP. Those bids are due in December 2018.
Deeepwater Wind completed the construction of its first offshore wind farm,
the 30MW
Block
Island project, in August 2016.
The wind farm entered commercial operation on 13th December with a total
capacity of 30MW. The project is expected to produce 125,000MWh of electricity
per year, enough to meet the electricity demands of up to 17,000 households.
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