Port of Coeymans

Ørsted and Eversource Win Bid for Updated Sunrise Wind Project in New York

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Thursday, February 29, 2024

New York State has selected Ørsted and Eversource to negotiate a new 25-year contract for their Sunrise Wind offshore wind farm.

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  • New York State has selected Ørsted and Eversource to negotiate a new 25-year contract for their Sunrise Wind offshore wind farm.
  • We’re excited to get shovels in the ground and begin the full scope of onshore construction.”
    Joint venture partners Ørsted and Eversource submitted a new proposal for Sunrise Wind in response to New York’s latest offshore wind solicitation, re-bidding an updated project.
  • The Sunrise Wind design has been reviewed and accepted by all relevant state agencies, and the project has secured all major supplier and project labor agreements.
  • Sunrise Wind has earned broad bipartisan support across New York from local elected officials and business, community, labor and environmental organizations.

Ørsted and Eversource Propose Updated Sunrise Wind Project for New York

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Thursday, January 25, 2024

Sunrise Wind would deliver up to 924 megawatts of clean energy to New York.

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  • Sunrise Wind would deliver up to 924 megawatts of clean energy to New York.
  • “Sunrise Wind is ready-to-build and ready to make more historic investments in New York’s offshore wind economy, creating jobs and delivering economic benefits immediately,” said David Hardy, Group EVP and CEO Americas at Ørsted.
  • In a successful re-bid, Ørsted would become the sole owner of Sunrise Wind, while Eversource would remain contracted to lead the project’s onshore construction.
  • Ørsted and Eversource would then assess their options in determining the best path forward for Sunrise Wind and its assets.

Attentive Energy One Proposes Over $25 Billion in Benefits to New York, Including a New Wind Turbine Manufacturing Facility and Statewide Supply Chain Investments

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Tuesday, March 7, 2023

Through a Supply Chain Investment Proposal with GE to manufacture offshore wind blades and nacelles at a new Ravena, New York facility, AE1 will catalyze a supply chain corridor that links upstate manufacturing with downstate project staging, installation, and operations.

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  • Through a Supply Chain Investment Proposal with GE to manufacture offshore wind blades and nacelles at a new Ravena, New York facility, AE1 will catalyze a supply chain corridor that links upstate manufacturing with downstate project staging, installation, and operations.
  • Together, this package of initiatives demonstrates AE1’s deep understanding and commitment to scale, localize, and diversify the offshore wind supply chain from the smallest suppliers to Tier 1 manufacturing facilities.
  • "At the heart of the Attentive Energy One project is a commitment to activating a true upstate-downstate supply chain corridor that integrates both existing and new supply chain pathways,” said Damian Bednarz, Managing Director of Attentive Energy.
  • "Our wide-ranging supply chain commitments through the Attentive Energy One project demonstrate our commitment to a true just transition,” said Clint Plummer, CEO of Rise Light & Power.

Centuri Company Riggs Distler Selected for Offshore Wind Contract

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Friday, October 8, 2021

PHOENIX, Oct. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Centuri Group, Inc. ("Centuri") today announced that recently acquired subsidiary Riggs Distler & Company, Inc. ("Riggs Distler") has been selected as a general contractor to New York's Sunrise Wind project, representing the state's largest offshore wind supply chain contract to date.

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  • PHOENIX, Oct. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Centuri Group, Inc. ("Centuri") today announced that recently acquired subsidiary Riggs Distler & Company, Inc. ("Riggs Distler") has been selected as a general contractor to New York's Sunrise Wind project, representing the state's largest offshore wind supply chain contract to date.
  • Drawing from Riggs Distler's strong connection and reputation with local unions and supply chains, Riggs Distler will directly employ more than 100 skilled tradesmen and women from local labor unions in New York to build the offshore wind components at the Port of Coeymans.
  • "Riggs Distler's leadership team was early to recognize the transformational potential of offshore wind in the United States.
  • Riggs Distler was acquired in August 2021 by Centuri Group, Inc.
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Equinor Ready to Expand Offshore Wind in New York, Invest Locally

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Tuesday, October 20, 2020

The U.S. offshore wind industry is poised for expansion and we are passionate about creating substantial value in the New York market, said Siri Espedal Kindem, President Equinor Wind U.S.

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  • The U.S. offshore wind industry is poised for expansion and we are passionate about creating substantial value in the New York market, said Siri Espedal Kindem, President Equinor Wind U.S.
  • The proposals include plans for manufacturing offshore wind components upstate at the Port of Coeymans and the Port of Albany.
  • Equinor now powers more than one million European homes with renewable offshore wind from four projects in the United Kingdom and Germany.
  • Equinor commissioned the worlds first floating offshore wind farm in 2017 off the coast of Scotland.