It’s up to you New York, New York?
Steve Cook
Director of HSEQ-360 Limited. Master of Business Administration (MBA). Chartered H&S Professional (CMIOSH). Chartered Quality Professional (CQP MCQI). Lead Auditor.
New York is regarded, rightly, as one of the best places to live and visit in the world. We have all seen it up close through the prism of television and movies and, a bit like thinking our native Norfolk is full of Alan Partridge types, the truth is somewhat different.
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HSEQ-360 are not travel writers though and we don’t want to pen a travelogue about hot dogs, traffic, the high cost of living, crime, the climate, we want to talk offshore.?
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Norfolk, our base, is prone to gusts of 17 mph, but it’s generally not a windy place - if you don’t believe us, spend a week in North Lincolnshire or Glasgow! Yet New York has much higher average wind speeds at 24 mph, twice that of Norfolk.
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Now, don’t get us wrong, Norfolk and the east of England are prone to chilly winds and with a broad coastline, the area has become synonymous with wind power. New York, with much more natural wind, isn’t.
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But this may be about to change. Though not just yet.
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New York is set to develop its first offshore wind farm in a joint venture from Equinor Wind US and BP Energy, which has been in the pipeline (pun fully intended) for six years and counting.?It is now anticipated to be operational by late 2026 and its figures, once realised, are impressive.
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“The first phase of the Empire Wind Project is due to be constructed approximately 14 miles south of Long Island and approximately 19.5 miles east of Long Branch, New Jersey. The EW 1 Project will consist of 68 GE Haliade-X wind turbines, each rated at 12 MW, along with an offshore collector station, two?submarine transmission lines to an on-shore substation, and two cable circuits connecting the project’s onshore substation.†(Source: Maritime Executive).
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It’s interesting too, to us, that the name is copied from New York’s Empire State Building, once the world’s tallest with 102 storeys, when erected in 1930 to 1931. With antenna it stands at 443 metres and is still the 49th tallest in the world. It is of course connected with King Kong in popular culture and attracts 4 million visitors per year.
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The GE Haliade-X is regarded as one of the most efficient wind turbines and though its height of 248 metres is low in comparison with the Empire State Building, 68 of them will make for an impressive sight, as well as providing net-zero carbon energy to the people of New York.
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“Empire I and Empire II can be transformational for how New York State gets its energy. BP and Equinor together have the technical and commercial abilities to get these important projects moving forward -and moving fast. We continue to seek opportunities to build out our business as we pursue our net zero ambition, and support cities such as New York on their net zero journey,†said Felipe Arbelaez, BP’s senior vice president of zero carbon energy.
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HQEQ-360 watch the Empire Wind Project with great interest. Not only is it pioneering for a country built on pioneers, but it may provide a blueprint for other major cities globally who haven’t yet adopted wind technology.
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London has its Array, New York will have a new Empire, Wellington (the world’s windiest city) has turbines on the Cook Strait.
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Many others will follow suit.?
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3 å¹´Where are these being built. ?? Do these come under the same crippling constraint payments as the U.K. varieties. ?? American ships and crews will be needed for working in US inshore waters. ( Law ) 1920 Jones Act. ????????????????????