New York State has awarded two offshore wind contracts with a combined capacity of 1.7 gigawatts located off Long Island.
It is the largest renewable energy procurement by a state in U.S. history, officials said.
The contracts were awarded to Empire Wind and Sunrise Wind development projects by Equinor US Holdings and Bay State Wind. The Empire Wind Project will generate about 816 megawatts of energy, while the Sunrise Wind project will produce 880 megawatts of energy.
The wind projects will power more than 1 million homes combined and create more than 1,600 jobs. State officials say they will generate $3.2 billion in economic impact.
