The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority has secured approval from the New York Public Service Commission to hold an offshore wind procurement round for up to 2.5GW of capacity.
The order follows a ‘Phase 1’ PSC authorisation in 2018 that resulted in 2019 contracts for two large-scale projects that will provide clean energy to New York: the 880-MW Sunrise Wind project sponsored by Ørsted and Eversource and the 816-MW Empire Project sponsored by Equinor US Wind. These initial two projects are expected to come online by 2024.