Two new wind projects in the Atlantic Ocean will produce enough electricity to power 1 million homes in New York state
New York state officials on Thursday announced two new wind projects in the Atlantic Ocean totaling 1,700 megawatts—double the amount of generation capacity the state had been seeking and enough electricity to power 1 million homes.
Equinor, a Norwegian company, will develop an 816-megawatt project 14 miles southeast of Manhattan. The Sunrise Wind project, a joint development of the Danish firm Ørsted A/S and Massachusetts-based Eversource Energy, will produce 880 megawatts in leased waters 30 miles east of Long Island.
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