The primary US-built offshore substation is now standing at New York’s South Fork Wind, the primary utility-scale offshore wind farm in US federal waters.

South Fork Wind’s 1,500-ton, 60-foot-tall offshore substation was designed and engineered in Kansas after which constructed close to Corpus Christi, Texas, by Kiewit Offshore Companies, the biggest offshore fabricator within the US. The substation sailed from Texas to New York in Could.

Offshore substations accumulate and stabilize the facility generated by wind generators, making ready the facility for transmission to shore.

The 132-megawatt (MW), 12-turbine South Fork Wind will produce sufficient clear vitality to energy 70,000 New York properties. It’s positioned about 35 miles east of Montauk Level, and it’ll ship clear vitality on to the electrical grid in East Hampton by way of a single transmission line put in in March. The vitality produced shall be offered to the Lengthy Island Energy Authority below the phrases of a 20-year settlement.

South Fork Wind’s first offshore wind turbine basis was put in on the finish of June. A whole bunch of US employees and three Northeast ports will help its development via late fall.

It’s anticipated to return on-line, on schedule, on the finish of 2023, when South Fork Wind will then change into the first accomplished utility-scale offshore wind farm in US federal waters. It’s being collectively developed by Danish wind large Ørsted and vitality supplier Eversource.

South Fork Wind is certainly one of 5 offshore wind tasks New York State has in energetic growth – the biggest portfolio within the US. This present portfolio totals greater than 4,300 MW and can energy greater than 2.4 million New York properties. It’s anticipated to carry a mixed financial influence of $12.1 billion to the state.

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Picture: South Fork Wind

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