Five developers including a number of joint ventures have signalled their intent to take part in New York’s debut offshore wind solicitation for around 800MW of capacity.
The New York State Energy Research & Development Authority said in a tweet that Equinor has indicated its interest.
The Norwegian developer will compete with its Empire Wind lease area off Long Island.
To the south, the Shell and EDF Renewables Atlantic Shores joint venture off New Jersey are also likely to participate.
Meanwhile, to the north a trio of joint ventures including the Orsted/Eversource Energy Bay State Wind project, the Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners/Avangrid Vineyard site and the Shell/EDPR Mayflower scheme are all in the hunt.
Bid are due to be filed in February and capacity awards are due in the spring.
Source:renews
