Work is set to begin on an offshore wind farm off the coast of Rockaway and Long Island.
Work on Empire Wind 1, by Norway-based company Equinor, is starting this month. The offshore wind farm will feature 54 wind turbines about 14 miles off of Jones Beach State Park. Each turbine will be 951 feet tall and have a 15MW capacity. The entire Empire Wind Project, in Phase 1 and 2, will span 80,000 acres with 147 wind turbines, in water depths of between approximately 75 and 135 feet.
What will it do? As the wind turbines rotate, they generate power which will be delivered to an offshore substation. That power will then be sent onshore via two submarine export cables. These 40 nautical mile cables will deliver the power to an onshore substation in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. That power will then continue onto Gowanus, Brooklyn where it will connect into the New York City grid. Each turbine rotation will power a New York home for 1.5 days…