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LIPA defers decision on Deepwater One

4C Offshore | Tom Russell
By: Tom Russell 20/07/2016 Deepwater WInd
The Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) has postponed the consideration of the 90MW Deepwater Wind offshore wind farm at the request of the New York State Energy and Research Development Authority (NYSERDA).

NYSERDA requested a stay in the decision due to the release of New York's offshore wind master plan, expected to be published this summer.

LIPA published the following statement in response to the request: "LIPA received a request late this evening by its partner agency NYSERDA (New York State Energy and Research Development Authority) to postpone tomorrow’s consideration of an off-shore wind farm to align the proposed Long Island project with the State’s offshore wind master plan and the State’s Clean Energy Standard, both of which are scheduled to be released in the next several weeks.

Based upon this request, LIPA will postpone tomorrow’s Board of Trustees meeting until after the release of the State’s off-shore wind report. There are no time sensitive matters on LIPA’s Board agenda, and the Authority expects to reschedule the meeting after the release of the NYSERDA off-shore wind blueprint. All scheduled committee meetings are postponed as well. LIPA remains committed to its renewable energy goals and meeting the energy needs of the South Fork."

If completed, the Deepwater One (South Fork) wind farm will consist of 15 offshore wind turbines with a combined capacity of 90MW. Power would be exported ashore using an electric transmission system buried beneath the ocean floor delivering that energy directly to East Hampton, New York.

Deepwater Wind state that the wind farm was proposed in response to New York State’s Reforming the Energy Vision initiative and designed around the premise that renewable energy can be a reliable and cost-effective solution to modern electricity challenges. The South Fork will not only help the LIPA reach its goal of adding 280MW of renewable capacity, and help the Town of East Hampton accomplish its goal of moving to 100 percent renewable energy, but it will also help defer the need to build costly new energy infrastructure on East End, saving money for all Long Island ratepayers.

The site was selected based on a multi-year stakeholder engagement process led by the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. Depending on the schedule for permitting, construction could start as early as 2019 and be operational by 2022.

Deepwater wind is currently constructing the Block Island project, located 15km from the coast of the State of Rhode Island and will consist of five GE Haliade 150-6MW turbines, each with a 6MW capacity, mounted on jacket foundation structures off the southeast corner of Block Island.

A submarine cable will connect these to the island, while another cable will connect the island to the mainland, allowing excess power to be sold there. The farm is scheduled to become operational by the end of 2016.

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