據(jù)海上風(fēng)能網(wǎng)2月14日報道，?rsted和Eversource各占50%股權(quán)的合資企業(yè)South Fork Wind，已經(jīng)批準了紐約首個海上風(fēng)電場的最終投資決定(FID)。

這項最終投資鞏固了該公司對132兆瓦海上風(fēng)電場的承諾。

該FID還標志著該項目施工階段的開始。

位于紐約Montauk Point以東56公里(約合35英里)，布洛克島東南約30公里(19英里) 的South Fork計劃于2023年底全面投入使用。

據(jù)?rsted和Eversource稱，這個海上風(fēng)電場將由12個11兆瓦的西門子歌美颯渦輪機組成，將產(chǎn)生足夠的清潔、可再生能源，為7萬個家庭供電。

上個月，South Fork Wind公司的建設(shè)和運營計劃獲得了海洋能源管理局(BOEM)的最終批準。

該風(fēng)電場的單樁基和11兆瓦西門子歌美颯風(fēng)力渦輪機的海上安裝預(yù)計將于2023年夏季開始。

與此同時，South Fork Wind的開發(fā)商?rsted和Eversource表示，該項目海上變電站的建造已經(jīng)在進行中。

該海上變電站將由位于得克薩斯州的Kiewit 海上服務(wù)公司在靠近科珀斯克里斯蒂(Corpus Christi)的Ingleside廠建造。該變電站將是美國建造的第一個海上風(fēng)能變電站。

郝芬 譯自 海上風(fēng)能網(wǎng)

原文如下:

Construction Starts on New York’s First Offshore Wind Farm

South Fork Wind, a 50-50 joint venture between ?rsted 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 ?rsted 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 ?rsted 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.