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Sunrise Wind developers buy O&M facility

By: Tom Russell 24/11/2020 Ørsted

General Windfarms

Developers of the Sunrise Wind offshore wind farm, Ørsted and Eversource, have announced a purchase in Brookhaven Town – 22 Research Way, in East Setauket – a new facility that will serve as the regional Operations and Maintenance (O&M) hub for project and support the joint venture’s portfolio of Northeast US wind farms.

In addition, the joint venture is progressing its plans to make the harbour at Port Jefferson the home port of the first-ever American-flagged, Jones Act-qualified Service Operations Vessel (SOV), which will support Sunrise Wind, the South Fork offshore wind farm serving Long Island, and other projects in the joint venture’s portfolio.

Together, the Research Way O&M facility and the Port Jefferson harbour home are expected to create about 100 permanent direct jobs for the region, as well as indirect and induced jobs.

The nearly 60,000-square foot, multi-purpose Research Way facility will house members of the permanent staff of the two projects, among other teams, including positions such as technician, warehouse coordinator, contract manager, head of site, and other offshore and onshore jobs. The facility will be renovated to include custom office and warehouse space to handle marine coordination, contract and site management, as well as spare parts storage, among other activities. The building’s roof proudly displays solar panels as part of the project’s commitment to renewable energy.

The facility will also serve as the base of operations for Ørsted Offshore North America’s Head of Operations, Mikkel Maehlisen.

“We are proud to play a part in New York’s transition to renewable power,” said David Hardy, CEO, Ørsted Offshore North America. “This is a major moment and inflection point for New York and Long Island, as we move from promises made to promises kept for New York. We are working hand-in-hand with the stakeholders here on Long Island and are delivering good-paying green jobs, as well as clean, renewable energy for New York. As the global leader in offshore wind, we are looking forward to helping our friends in New York reach their ambitious green energy and economic recovery goals.”

“Eversource is proud to be delivering on its commitment to providing good-paying jobs to the hardworking people of New York,” said Joe Nolan, Executive Vice President for Strategy, Customer & Corporate Relations at Eversource. “This O&M facility will house project staff and is a tremendous moment for Sunrise Wind, the offshore wind industry, and New York State. Today marks a significant step forward as we seek a more sustainable future.”

“Under Governor Cuomo, offshore wind is a cornerstone of the State’s pathway to a clean energy future and New York is harnessing the power of this rapidly growing industry to bring billions of dollars of investment and create thousands of good-paying jobs for New Yorkers,” said Doreen M. Harris, Acting President and CEO, NYSERDA. “NYSERDA is proud to work with Ørsted and Eversource on their Sunrise Wind project and looks forward to seeing this new Operations and Maintenance Hub provide critical support for not only New York’s largest project, but the regional development of offshore wind.”

Sunrise Wind is an approximately 880MW wind farm located more than 30 miles east of Montauk Point. New York State selected the project in a competitive solicitation in 2019 as one of NYSERDA’s inaugural offshore wind farms. It is one of the largest offshore wind project in New York, and one of the largest on the U.S. Atlantic Coast. Ørsted and Eversource are also developing New York’s first offshore wind farm: South Fork, a 132 MW project to serve Long Island.

Ørsted is one of the world's biggest operators of offshore wind farms and aims to have installed a total offshore wind capacity of 15 GW worldwide by 2025. In the U.S., Ørsted has been awarded the rights to build offshore wind farms to serve the markets of Maryland, New Jersey, Rhode Island, New York, and Connecticut. These wind farms will have a total capacity of approximately 2.9 GW, with commissioning to begin by 2024.

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