June 10, 2024

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City’s First Offshore Wind Transmission Connection and Port in Sunset Park to Become Staging Hub for 54-Turbine Empire Wind 1 Project, Will Deliver 810 Megawatts of Renewable Electricity to City

Project Advances Green Transition to Renewable Energy, Bolstering City’s National Leadership in Offshore Wind Industry

Will Create Thousands of New ‘Green-Collar’ Jobs in Coming Years, Continue to Develop New York’s “Harbor of the Future,” Advances Progress Towards State’s CLCPA Offshore Wind Goal of 9,000 Megawatts by 2035

Effort Builds on Mayor Adams’ “Spring Jobs Sprint” to Advance Opportunities for Thousands of Jobs

NEW YORK—New York City Mayor Eric Adams, New York Governor Kathy Hochul, New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) President and CEO Andrew Kimball, Equinor Wind US President Molly Morris, and the Sustainable South Brooklyn Marine Terminal, L.P. (SSBMT) today announced the start of construction of what will be the nation’s largest dedicated offshore wind port at the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal (SBMT) in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The project will accelerate the clean energy transition, make New York City synonymous with offshore wind, advance progress toward the state’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) goal to develop 9,000 megawatts of offshore wind by 2035, and create a new industry with thousands of ‘green-collar’ jobs on site and in the supply chain. SBMT—a historic home for New York City’s working waterfront—is a 73-acre site that will serve as a cutting-edge facility for offshore wind operations. It will also serve as the operations and maintenance hub for Empire Wind 1, a large offshore wind project, the first phase of which will deliver 810 megawatts of renewable energy to New York—enough to power 500,000 homes. Additionally, SBMT will host an onshore substation to connect electricity from the offshore wind turbines into New York City’s electricity grid at the Gowanus Substation in Brooklyn.

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