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New York Power Authority to participate in offshore wind power transmission study

Posted 8/14/18

New York electric power agencies including the New York Power Authority and partners will study “successful offshore wind transmission models - with a specific focus on largescale European projects …

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New York Power Authority to participate in offshore wind power transmission study

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New York electric power agencies including the New York Power Authority and partners will study “successful offshore wind transmission models - with a specific focus on largescale European projects - to … guide the state's procurements of offshore wind generation,” according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office.

The findings of the study will help guide New York's offshore wind development as the governor’s office says Cuomo hopes to reach 2,400 megawatts of offshore wind in waters off the Atlantic Coast by 2030.

Input gained from the study will help determine the optimal infrastructure required to support the offshore wind targets. The findings will enable New York State and offshore wind developers “to implement these clean energy projects in an informed, cost-effective manner, thereby reducing ratepayer costs and moving the state even further along in its goal of obtaining 50 percent of its electricity from renewables by 2030,” Cuomo’s office said.

The New York Power Authority will lead the study, which aims to learn from European infrastructure design, best practices in connecting wind-generated power to transmission networks and the overall power grid, and successes in reducing the cost of delivering wind energy to customers and consumers. New York Independent System Operator, Con Edison, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, and Long Island Power Authority will collaborate with NYPA on the initial phase. The study will look to learn from the different transmission and interconnection models currently used in Europe, which currently uses advanced wind energy technologies, according to a news release from the governor’s office.

In July, the Public Service Commission authorized NYSERDA, in consultation with NYPA and LIPA, to issue Phase 1 solicitations in 2018 and 2019 for approximately 800 megawatts of offshore wind. The Public Service Commission also required NYSERDA to take immediate steps to study transmission solutions for Phase 2 and beyond to consider the longer-term configurations for cost-effective transmission of offshore wind, and the various options for ownership and planning processes. This study will inform the state on how to potentially apply information gleaned from Europe to New York for its second phase procurements, according to Cuomo’s office.

"We'll look at the experiences, conclusions and recommendations of others to determine what New York should consider in developing offshore wind transmission. We want to distill the most important lessons learned from European development and consider the possible implications for New York State,” Gil C. Quiniones, NYPA's president and CEO said in a prepared statement from the governor’s office.