Norway's Equinor bids to supply New York with offshore wind power

FILE PHOTO: A logo of Equinor, formerly known as Statoil, at the company's headquarters in Fornebu, Norway May 21, 2018. REUTERS/Nerijus Adomaitis - Copyright Nerijus Adomaitis(Reuters)

By Reuters

Published on 14/02/2019 - 22:34•Updated 19/04/2024 - 17:09

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OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's Equinor has submitted a bid to supply New York with offshore wind power from its Empire Wind project south of Long Island, the company said on Thursday.

Equinor's bid comes in response to the 800 MW procurement of offshore wind by the New York State, with the state expected to choose a supplier in spring this year.

The company secured the 80,000-acre lease in a federal auction in December 2016, with a potential capacity of up to 2 gigawatt (GW) offshore wind power.

(Reporting by Nerijus Adomaitis; Editing by Susan Thomas)

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