Offshore staff
NEW YORK – The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has approved the construction and operations plan (COP) for the South Fork wind farm offshore New York.
This is the final approval needed from the agency to move the project toward the start of construction.
The COP approval outlines the project’s one nautical mile turbine spacing, the requirements on the construction methodology for all work occurring in federal waters, and mitigation measures to protect marine habitats and species.
In November 2021, BOEM issued its record of decision, which concluded the environmental review of the project.
Ørsted and Eversource are developing the 132-MW South Fork project. It will be located 35 mi (56 km) east of Montauk Point, New York. Operations are expected to begin in 2023.
The 1,500-ton, 60-ft (18-m) tall substation will be built at Kiewit’s facility in Ingleside, Texas.
Long Island-based Haugland Energy Group LLC will install the duct bank system for the project’s underground onshore transmission line and lead the construction of the onshore interconnection facility in East Hampton, New York.
Offshore installation of the 12 monopile foundations and Siemens Gamesa 11-MW wind turbines is expected to begin in summer 2023.
01/19/2022
