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South Fork developers cut turbines, add money for fishermen ahead of CRMC vote
DEVELOPERS OF THE South Fork Wind Farm have proposed reducing the number of turbines and increasing payouts to fishermen based on recommendations by R.I. coastal regulators, who will vote Tuesday on whether to approve the project. /SOURCE: R.I. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT / PBN FILE GRAPHIC/ANNE EWING
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Developers of the South Fork Wind Farm are hoping that upping their payout to local fishermen and cutting the number of turbines in the project will pass muster with Rhode Island coastal regulators.
Developers Orsted A/S and Eversource Energy have agreed to adjust their proposal from 15 to 12 turbines, while setting up a $12 million compensation fund for local fishermen, Meaghan Wims, a project spokesperson, said on Tuesday. The changes come ahead of the R.I. Coastal Resources Commission’s scheduled vote Tuesday night on whether to certify the project, which would provide e
Developers Orsted and Atlantic Shores have confirmed separate bids in the ongoing 2300MW New Jersey offshore wind shoot-out.
New Jersey is to award between 1.2GW and 2.4GW of offshore wind as part of its second solicitation.
Orsted has filed paperwork for the Ocean Wind 2 project in the same area as its existing 1.1GW phase one some 15 miles of the state’s coast.
The new development will, if chosen, bring “significant investments” into New Jersey’s offshore wind manufacturing capabilities to “help unlock the state’s potential in serving as a manufacturing hub for the American offshore wind industry”, the Danish developer said.