New York announces major state investment in renewable energy

• 6 months ago (2023-10-25)
• David Flin

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New York Governor Kathy Hochul has announced that largest state investment in renewable energy in US history.

The conditional awards include three offshore wind and 22 land-based renewable energy projects totalling 6.4 GW, and will deliver approximately 12 per cent of New York’s electricity needs once completed. In addition, there will be two new manufacturing facilities, for offshore wind turbine blades and nacelles.

The announcement supports progress towards New York’s goal for 70 per cent of the state’s electricity to come from renewable sources by 2030 and for 9 GW of offshore wind by 2035.

The three offshore wind projects include:

• Attentive Energy One (1404 MW), developed by TotalEnergies , Rise Light & Power , and Corio Generation .
• Community Offshore Wind (1314 MW), developed by RWE Offshore Renewables and National Grid Ventures . The project includes utilisation of new grid interconnection being developed by Con Edison in downtown Brooklyn.
• Excelsior Wind (1314 MW), developed by Vineyard Offshore (Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners).

In addition, New York also announced its latest round of land-based large-scale renewable awards, consisting of 14 new solar projects, six wind repowering projects, one new wind project, and one return-to-service hydropower project, totalling a combined 2410 MW.