纽约州州长安德鲁·库莫（Andrew Cuomo）在朝着雄心勃勃的州目标迈出了雄心勃勃的州目标，以获取9,000兆瓦的海上风能，宣布了该可再生能源的最大项目奖励，总计1,700兆瓦 - 达到1,700兆瓦 - 将18luck官网美国挪威开发商Equinor的美国部门，以前是国有能源公司的索氏机构；并与丹麦风巨头Ørsted和康涅狄格州能源公司Eversource Energy合资。
Both projects are set to cost about $3 billion each to develop, with the project award announcement awaited by industry since mid-June—as New York positions to become the hub of the fast-developing east coast U.S. offshore wind marketplace.
The largest yet single state award for offshore wind in the U.S., the projects are set to generate 1,600 jobs and a $3.2-billion economic boost, said Cuomo.
The awards come as Cuomo, flanked by former Vice President and environmental advocate Al Gore, signed a new law to seek further fossil fuel use restrictions to cut greenhouse gas emission impacts. Among its goals is to have 70% of state power generation from renewable sources by2030 and zero emissions by 2040. The law has been acontroversial piece of legislationin the state.
Package Deal
The package includes more than $300 million in state-funded port and other infrastructure upgrades in several locations—Albany, Brooklyn, Staten Island and Long Island—as well as new training and supply chain development investments. Developers also have promised millions more for fabrication and operations, as well as workforce and supplier expansion.
The projects will each be built under a union project labor agreement paying prevailing wages, and await negotiation of a 25 -year offshore wind renewable energy certificate with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA).
The agency did not reveal power prices offered by the selected projects, but said they are about 40% lower than expected compared to analyses in 2018. NYSERDA said it will release details, including prices "and other relevant metrics" after the contracts are executed.
发布的提案信息也删除了许多项目细节。Nyserda网站指出，合同将在2019年夏季执行，没有更具体的时间更新。
But Ken Girardin, an analyst for Albany, N.Y.-based public policy think tank Empire Center,said in a July 18 opnion,该州的离岸风能对于国家纳税人来说是昂贵的。
本地影响
Equinor will build a project of 816 MW, a significant boost for the European firm's U.S. market ambitions.
The firm says it will build 60 to 80 wind turbines, each about 10MW and set on gravity based foundations. The project is set to be operational by 2024, the company says; it did not specify the name of the turbine installer
Equinor secured an 80,000-acre lease area in the New York Bight just south of New York City's western border, ror its project.
Ørsted's project will total 880 MW, to include an unspecified number turbines of about 8MW each to be built by Siemens Gamesa. Construction is planned to start in 2021, with the wind farm operational in 2022.
The firm said its offshore wind build-out in New York state now will total 1.7 GW, with other projects also off the oast of Long Island.
"By taking a portfolio approach to their Northeast projects, comprising South Fork, Sunrise Wind and Revolution Wind with a total capacity of approx. 1.7GW to be built in 2022-2024, Ørsted and Eversource will be able to leverage significant procurement synergies and optimize the construction and operation," said the developers. .
Ørsted last month also won New Jersey's highly touted first offshore wind project award, which totaled 1,100 MW.
NYSERDA Chairman Richard Kaufman told an offshore wind industry conference in April that the state's 18 received bids from four project developers is a U.S. record.
Ken Girardin, a policy analyst at conservative think tank Empire Center for Public Policy, told the Associated Press that the state's offshore wind buildout will cost more than $48 billion upfront and $1 billion in annual operating cost.
