Duke Energy Renewables has announced it has signed an agreement with Deepwater Wind Block Island to perform remote monitoring and control services for the first offshore wind project in the USA, the Block Island Wind Farm, located off the coast of Block Island, R.I.
Duke Energy's Renewable Control Center (RCC) will supply 24/7 monitoring and control services, data acquisition, performance analysis and reporting when the project begins commercial operation in November 2016. The RCC also will perform energy market and dispatch services for the Block Island Wind Farm, serving as point of contact with ISO New England, the regional transmission organisation.