South Fork Wind, a joint venture between Eversource Energy and Orsted, announced the on-schedule completion of the onshore export cable system for its offshore wind project in New York. The project marks a significant milestone, connecting New York's first offshore wind farm to the electric grid in East Hampton. The project will provide approximately 70,000 New York homes with clean and renewable energy.
“We're proud to have worked together with Long Island-based companies and New York union workers, whose hard work helped us complete the onshore export cable scope on time and before the summer months start in East Hampton,” said Peter Rooney, Vice President of Offshore Wind Construction and Execution at Eversource Energy.
The completion of the onshore export cable system involved both Long Island's Haugland Group and LS Cable. Haugland Group led the installation of the duct bank system, while LS Cable installed and jointed the onshore cables with support from Long Island's Elecnor Hawkeye. The project's onshore substation, off Cove Hollow Road, is set to conclude work this summer.
The project also created over 100 union jobs for Long Island skilled trades workers, including heavy equipment operators, electricians, lineworkers, and local delivery drivers. The crew demobilized all equipment from the project's cable route and completed restoration work, including “edge to edge” repaving of East Hampton's roads and reseeding of the grassy shoulders.
South Fork Wind is now in its offshore construction phase, starting with the installation of the project's 68-nautical mile submarine cable from its landfall below Wainscott Beach, in East Hampton, to the wind farm site approximately 35 miles east of Montauk, NY.
The completion of the onshore export cable system is a significant achievement for the South Fork Wind project. The joint venture between Eversource Energy and Orsted is committed to creating a cleaner and more sustainable future, and the project is a critical step towards achieving this goal. As Peter Rooney stated, “Completing this work is a critical step forward to connecting New York's first offshore wind farm directly with the East Hampton electric grid later this year, which will result in approximately 70,000 New York homes being powered by clean, renewable energy.”
