纽约首个海上风电场将开工建设

据海上风能网2月14日报道，Ørsted和Eversource各占50%股权的合资企业South Fork Wind，已经批准了纽约首个海上风电场的最终投资决定(FID)。

这项最终投资巩固了该公司对132兆瓦海上风电场的承诺。

该FID还标志着该项目施工阶段的开始。

位于纽约Montauk Point以东56公里(约合35英里)，布洛克岛东南约30公里(19英里) 的South Fork计划于2023年底全面投入使用。

据Ørsted和Eversource称，这个海上风电场将由12个11兆瓦的西门子歌美飒涡轮机组成，将产生足够的清洁、可再生能源，为7万个家庭供电。

上个月，South Fork Wind公司的建设和运营计划获得了海洋能源管理局(BOEM)的最终批准。

该风电场的单桩基和11兆瓦西门子歌美飒风力涡轮机的海上安装预计将于2023年夏季开始。

与此同时，South Fork Wind的开发商Ørsted和Eversource表示，该项目海上变电站的建造已经在进行中。

该海上变电站将由位于得克萨斯州的Kiewit 海上服务公司在靠近科珀斯克里斯蒂(Corpus Christi)的Ingleside厂建造。该变电站将是美国建造的第一个海上风能变电站。

郝芬 译自 海上风能网

原文如下:

Construction Starts on New York’s First Offshore Wind Farm

South Fork Wind, a 50-50 joint venture between Ørsted and Eversource, has approved the final investment decision (FID) for the project that will be New York’s first offshore wind farm.

This final investment solidifies the companies’ commitment to the 132 MW offshore wind farm.

The FID also marked the start of the construction phase of the project.

To be located 56 kilometres (35 miles) east of Montauk Point, New York, and some 30 kilometres (19 miles) southeast of Block Island, South Fork is set to become fully operational at the end of 2023.

The offshore wind farm will comprise twelve 11 MW Siemens Games turbines and will generate enough clean, renewable energy to power 70,000 homes, according to Ørsted and Eversource.

Last month, South Fork Wind received final approval from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) for its construction and operations plan.

Offshore installation of the wind farm’s monopile foundations and the 11 MW Siemens Gamesa wind turbines is expected to begin in summer 2023.

Meanwhile, fabrication of the project’s offshore substation is already in process, South Fork Wind developers Ørsted and Eversource said.

The offshore substation will be built by Texas-based Kiewit Offshore Services at its facility in Ingleside, near Corpus Christi. The substation will be the first offshore wind energy substation made in the US.