New Jersey's first offshore wind projects
will power more than 1 million homes
ATLANTIC
CITY, N.J., July 10,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Atlantic Shores Offshore
Wind (Atlantic Shores) announced it has submitted a proposal into
the Fourth Offshore Wind Solicitation (NJ4) featuring projects
positioned to be first to deliver offshore wind energy to the State
of New Jersey.
The unmatched maturity of Atlantic Shores Projects 1 and 2 make
these projects best positioned to deliver safe, reliable, renewable
power in support of New Jersey's
goal of achieving 100% clean energy by 2035 and 11,000 megawatts of
offshore wind installed by 2040. Combined, these projects will
generate more than 2,800 MW of electricity, enough to serve more
than 1 million New Jersey homes.
If selected, Atlantic Shores Projects 1 and 2 will be the first
movers for New Jersey's offshore
wind industry and enable all future offshore wind projects to be
delivered later this decade.
The distinct advantages of an advanced permitting program,
combined with an array of critical near-term supply chain
investments and a mature interconnection plan, make Atlantic Shores
Projects 1 and 2 the most competitive and deliverable projects
proposed in NJ4.
"New Jersey is ready for
offshore wind renewable power, and so is Atlantic Shores," said
Joris Veldhoven, Chief Executive
Officer, Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind. "Our proposal serves to
expand and enhance existing strategic partnerships while growing
our portfolio of economic development initiatives across the Garden
State. Working with our host community partners, we are keen to
continue securing critical supply chain investments that will
create great paying union jobs, support local workforce
development, and contribute to economic prosperity across
New Jersey."
With more than five years of stakeholder engagement and more
than 40 environmental studies completed, Atlantic Shores Projects 1
and 2 offer an unrivaled measure of certainty for clean energy
infrastructure delivery. The proposal submitted into NJ4
provides a more resilient, competitive, and sustainable path to
anchoring New Jersey's thriving
offshore wind industry, enabling the near-term creation of
thousands of in-demand jobs and acceleration of billions of dollars
in supply chain investments being made in the Garden
State.
Earlier this month, Atlantic Shores Projects 1 and 2 received
their Record of Decision from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
(BOEM), a major milestone under the National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA) concluding the rigorous evaluation of their Construction
and Operations Plan. Full federal and state permit approvals for
both projects are expected by the end of this year.
In addition to an advanced permitting program across both
projects, Atlantic Shores Project 1 recently selected and started
work with nationally recognized, New
Jersey-based infrastructure firms Riggs Distler to lead the Cardiff substation expansion program and
Creamer-Jingoli to engineer and design the export cable route
running from landfall in Atlantic
City to the electric grid point of interconnection in
Egg Harbor Township, Atlantic
County.
With rising energy demand in the region and grid operators
forecasting electric load growth of nearly 40% over the next 15
years, Atlantic Shores Projects 1 and 2 will not only help the
State achieve its renewable energy goals, but will serve to
diversify the electricity supply, increase electricity reliability,
and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by the equivalent of 1.4
million passenger vehicles every year of the combined life cycles
of the projects.
About Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind
Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind (Atlantic Shores) is a 50:50
partnership between Shell New Energies US LLC and EDF-RE Offshore
Development, LLC (a subsidiary of EDF Renewables North America).
Both companies bring decades of experience developing onshore and
offshore energy projects across the globe. Atlantic Shores is
comprised of purpose-driven professionals dedicated to delivering
its nearly 6,000 MW offshore wind portfolio, strategically
positioned to meet the growing demands of multiple east coast
markets including New Jersey and
New York. All projects across the
portfolio are subject to final investment decision (FID) and all
regulatory approvals.
We invite you to learn more about Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind
by visiting our website at www.atlanticshoreswind.com and following
us on our social media channels: LinkedIn | Facebook |
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