Block Island offshore wind farm
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| Coordinates | 41 ° 6 '54 " N , 71 ° 31' 16" W | ||
| country | United States | ||
| Waters | Atlantic Ocean | ||
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| Type | Offshore wind farm | ||
| Primary energy | Wind energy | ||
| power | 30 MW | ||
| operator | Deepwater wind | ||
| Start of operations | December 2016 | ||
| founding | Jacket | ||
| turbine | 5 GE Wind Energy Haliade 150-6MW | ||
| Energy fed in per year | 125 GWh | ||
| Website | Deepwater wind | ||
| was standing | 2016 | ||
The Block Island offshore wind farm is the first offshore wind farm in the United States . The five GE Wind Energy Haliade 150-6 MW turbines have a total installed capacity of 30 megawatts . The wind farm is located in the Atlantic , about six kilometers off the coast of Block Island in the US state of Rhode Island .
History and construction
At the beginning of 2014, a contract for the delivery of five Haliade 150-6MW wind turbines was signed between the project developer Deepwater Wind and Alstom . When General Electric took over the Alstom energy division in 2015, the Haliade technology became part of GE Wind Energy . The turbines were produced in France. The rotor blades were manufactured by LM Wind Power .
The components of the wind turbines were using the installer vessel Brave Tern by Fred Olsen from the French port of Saint-Nazaire transported to block Iceland.
The park went into operation in December 2016 after the installation of the turbines was completed in August 2016. Turbine 2 was only able to go into full operation in February 2017 due to a defect.
The $ 290 million investment was funded by DE Shaw & Co.
Technical details
The standard energy capacity is 125,000 MWh. This will cover around 90% of Block Island's electricity needs.
In the course of the construction work for the offshore wind farm, the electrical infrastructure for the islanders of Block Island was changed. While diesel generators used to generate electricity, the island has been supplied with electricity via a submarine cable since the completion of the offshore wind farm . This submarine cable is connected to the offshore wind farm and thus ensures the power supply. This can save around 4½ million liters of diesel annually. The conversion enabled electricity costs to drop from 16.82 to 12.44 US cents per kilowatt hour.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Deepwater Wind and Alstom Sign Major Turbine Agreements for Block Island Wind Farm. Deepwater Wind, October 2, 2014, accessed February 12, 2017 .
- ^ Alstom announces a major milestone for Deepwater's Block Island Offshore Wind Project. (No longer available online.) Alstom March 9, 2015, archived from the original on May 18, 2015 ; accessed on September 5, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ A b Mark Egan: What America's First Offshore Wind Farm Reveals About GE's Alstom Deal. In: GE Reports. November 4, 2015, accessed February 12, 2017 .
- ^ Block Island's blades arrive in the US. June 29, 2016, accessed February 12, 2017 .
- ↑ Block Island Offshore Wind Farm on YouTube .
- ↑ GE equipped Deepwater Wind's Block Island, America's first Offshore Wind Farm on YouTube .
- ↑ America's First Offshore Wind Farm Goes Live. offshorewind.biz, December 12, 2016, accessed December 14, 2016 .
- ↑ USA Just Got Its First Offshore Wind Farm. offshorewind.biz, August 2016, accessed September 5, 2016 .
- ↑ Block Island hits full strength. renews.biz, February 6, 2017, accessed on February 11, 2017 .
- ↑ First US offshore wind farm supplies Atlantic island. iwr.de, May 3, 2017, accessed May 5, 2017 .
