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Monday, 14 December 2020
Avangrid Renewables, a subsidiary of AVANGRID, Inc., submitted a Construction and Operations Plan (COP) to the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) on Friday, December 11th for the first phase of the company’s wholly owned Kitty Hawk Offshore Wind project. The COP also includes the findings from an economic impact study (EIS), conducted by the Public Strategy Group, which anticipates substantial economic and employment benefits to result from the construction of Kitty Hawk Offshore Wind’s multiple phases between 2021 and 2030. Courtesy of Avangrid Renewables
“We’re proud to be the first to submit a federal permit for a commercial scale offshore wind project in Virginia and the Carolinas,” said Bill White, Avangrid Renewables’ head of U.S. offshore wind. “Kitty Hawk Offshore Wind will deliver clean energy to customers in the region and significant economic benefits and quality jobs for decades to come.”
Avangrid Renewables has submitted a construction and operations plan (COP) to the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management for the first 800MW phase of the Kitty Hawk offshore wind farm off the US east coast.
The COP also includes the findings from an economic impact study (EIS), conducted by the Public Strategy Group.
Avangrid said the EIS anticipates “substantial economic and employment benefits” to result from the construction of the wind farm s multiple phases between 2021 and 2030.
Kitty Hawk is expected to generate $2bn in economic impact between 2021 and 2030 and is expected to create nearly 800 jobs in Virginia and North Carolina.