South Fork Wind Half Done

Thu, 01/25/2024 - 10:42

Turbines at the South Fork Wind farm in December

Christopher Walsh

January 25, 2024

The developers of the South Fork Wind farm, the country’s first utility-scale offshore wind farm, announced last week that offshore construction had surpassed the halfway point, with completed installation of seven of its 12 turbines.

The 132-megawatt wind farm, located approximately 35 miles off Montauk, began to power up in December, when the first installed turbine started to send electricity to a Long Island Power Authority substation in East Hampton. Six more turbines are now commissioned and delivering electricity to the grid, according to a spokeswoman for the developers, Orsted and Eversource Energy.

Components for the eighth turbine are next, a statement said. The remaining turbines are expected to be installed by “early this year,” according to the developers.

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