Iberdrola Unveils New York Power Grid Upgrade Plans

Grid Connection

June 27, 2023, by Adnan Memija

Spain-based Iberdrola has announced that it will help deliver renewable offshore wind power from the Long Island grid to New York City and Westchester County.

The company said it will add approximately 90 miles (about 150 kilometres) of new high-voltage transmission lines that will run the distance underground and underwater.

The project will be developed by Iberdrola, through Avangrid, together with Edison Transmission, National Grid Ventures, and Central Hudson Electric Transmission.

New York’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act calls for the procurement of 9 GW of offshore wind energy by 2035.

A significant portion of this offshore wind generation will be connected to the Long Island grid, but in order to supply clean, local power to the rest of the state’s consumers, additional grid connections are needed, Iberdrola said.

Avangrid is currently developing Vineyard Wind in Massachusetts waters, which with 806 MW of capacity, is the largest commercial-scale offshore wind farm in the country.

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The wind farm is expected to generate electricity for more than 400,000 homes and businesses in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, create 3,600 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) job years, save customers USD 1.4 billion over the first 20 years of operation, and is expected to reduce carbon emissions by more than 1.6 million metric tons per year, the equivalent of taking 325,000 cars off the road annually.

Iberdrola said that the United States is the company’s main destination for investments, allocating USD 21.5 billion up to 2025, a figure that will lead to a renewable capacity of approximately 10,000 MW, with a 70 per cent growth in a decade, according to the press release.