Shell-EDF Joint Venture Awards Onshore Cabling Contract for Atlantic Shores Project 1

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May 23, 2024, by Adnan Memija

Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind (Atlantic Shores), a joint venture between Shell New Energies US and EDF-RE Offshore Development, has selected Creamer-Jingoli to engineer and design the full onshore underground cable route for Atlantic Shores Project 1, located in New Jersey.

The early works contract scope includes a detailed design for the 12 miles (approximately 19 kilometres) of underground infrastructure running from the project’s landfall in Atlantic City to the point of interconnection in Egg Harbor Township, Atlantic County.

Creamer-Jingoli’s scope of work includes supporting field surveys, environmental sampling, robust subsurface utility engineering work, and site preparation for the duct bank installations that will house cables connecting offshore wind power to the New Jersey electric grid.

“Partnering with industry leaders who have proven experience in the local market is critical to establishing a thriving domestic offshore wind industry anchored in New Jersey. Atlantic Shores is thrilled to work with Creamer-Jingoli to continue creating great-paying Garden State jobs through critical near-term investments in New Jersey,” said Joris Veldhoven, chief executive officer of Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind.

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The joint venture holds development rights for an offshore wind zone located some 14 to 32 kilometres off the New Jersey coast, between Barnegat Light and Atlantic City.

Back in June 2021, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) awarded Atlantic Shores with 1,510 MW of offshore wind capacity as part of the State’s second offshore wind solicitation.

In October 2022, the joint venture company selected Vestas as the preferred supplier for its 1.5 GW offshore wind project. It also signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) at the beginning of 2023 to use the New Jersey Wind Port for marshalling of its wind project.