New York State has conditionally awarded new contracts to the developers of offshore wind farms with the goal of countering headwinds that the industry has faced since South Fork Wind went online.
The 25-year contracts cover the 840-megawatt Empire Wind 1 planned by Equinor for 15 miles off the coast of Long Beach and the 924-megawatt Sunrise Wind, a project that South Fork Wind developers Ørsted and Eversource planned for near that recently completed wind farm about 30 miles off the coast of Montauk Point. Part of the agreements entail increasing customer’s monthly bills 2%, or about $2 — up from 73 cents under the prior agreement.
“Offshore wind is foundational to our fight against climate change, and these awards demonstrate our national leadership to advance a…
