Skipjack Wind Farm

Skipjack is a 120 MW capacity off shore wind farm, proposed by Ørsted US Offshore Wind to be built on the Outer Continental Shelf Offshore Delaware, approximately 16.9 nautical miles-19.5 miles (31.4 km) from the coast opposite Fenwick Island.[1] It is projected that the project, which will provide power to Maryland, will be commissioned in 2022.[2][3][4][5] It is one of two offshore wind farm projects providing wind power to Maryland, the other being Marwind.[6][7]

Skipjack
CountryUnited States
LocationWEA OCS-A 0519
Outer Continental Shelf
Offshore Delaware
Coordinates38.565°N 74.779°W / 38.565; -74.779
StatusProposed
Owner(s)Ørsted US Offshore Wind
Wind farm
TypeOffshore
Distance from shore19 miles (31 km)
Rotor diameter720 feet (220 meters)
Power generation
Make and modelHaliade-X 12 MW
Nameplate capacity120 MW
External links
WebsiteØrsted US Offshore Wind

WEA

The project will be built in BOEM-designated Wind Energy Area (WEA) OCS-A 0519,[8] an area of 26,332 acres (10,656 ha)[3] approximately 16.9 nautical miles or 19.5 miles (31.4 km) off the Delaware coast between Indian River Outlet opposite Fenwick Island, north of the Maryland WEA.

Infrastructure

Skipjack will use 10 GE Wind Energy Haliade-X 12 MW turbines, 853 feet (260 m) feet tall with rotors 720 feet (220 m) long (with blades each 351 feet (107 m) long), made in Cherbourg, France. The nacelles are also produced in France.[9][10]

Ørsted U.S. Offshore Wind will partner with Tradepoint Atlantic, based in Port of Baltimore, to develop a logistics center to create a 50-acre staging center for on-land assembly, storage and loading out into deep waters.[11]

The Port of Paulsboro on the Delaware River in New Jersey could become the site for the production the monopile foundations for turbines.[12]

Ørsted has proposed using 1.5 acres of land in Fenwick Island State Park in Delaware as a transmission point.[13]

ORECs

The Maryland Public Service Commission has authorized ORECs (offshore wind renewable energy certificates) for both Skipjack and Marwind.[14][15][16]

Visibility from shore

Residents and business, particularly in Ocean City, Maryland, have raised concerns about the potential of negative impact of building a wind farm offshore, thus creating a landscape that could affect tourism.[17] The turbines have changed in size since the initial proposal by the predecessor of Orsted. They will be 853 feet (260 m) feet tall.[10]

See also

References
  1. Swann, Sara. "Delaware's involvement in offshore wind energy remains uncertain". Delmarva Daily Times.
  2. "Skipjack - Offshore Wind Farm Project | 4C Offshore". www.4coffshore.com.
  3. https://www.boem.gov/sites/default/files/uploadedImages/BOEM/Renewable_Energy_Program/State_Activities/de_web_graphic(1).jpg
  4. Rentsch, Julia. "Taller, more distant turbines put Ocean City offshore wind projects back under state review". Delmarva Daily Times.
  5. "Maryland PSC Gives Go-Ahead to US Wind, Deepwater Wind Projects". Offshore Wind. May 11, 2017.
  6. https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2019/01/23/maryland-offshore-wind-developers-look-to-partner.html
  7. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/marylands-slow-going-offshore-wind-project-advances/2019/07/23/9df6a208-ad7d-11e9-a0c9-6d2d7818f3da_story.html
  8. "Delaware Activities | Bureau of Ocean Energy Management".
  9. Kellner, Tomas (2019-09-19). "The Coast With The Most: Two New U.S. Offshore Wind Farms Will Use The World's Most Powerful Turbines". GE Reports. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
  10. "Skyscrapers in the sea: Wind turbines, 853 feet tall, planned off Delaware coast".
  11. "Ørsted to develop offshore wind manufacturing hub to service East Coast". Utility Dive.
  12. Stromsta, Karl-Erik (July 3, 2019). "Orsted and Germany's EEW Plan Offshore Wind Factory in New Jersey". www.greentechmedia.com. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
  13. "Offshore wind company wants to build on state parkland, offering upgrades in exchange". delawareonline.
  14. http://www.psc.state.md.us/wp-content/uploads/PSC-Awards-ORECs-to-US-Wind-Skipjack.pdf
  15. "PSC Awards ORECs to US Wind, Skipjack Energy". May 11, 2017.
  16. "Offshore Wind". energy.maryland.gov.
  17. Soper, Shawn (October 31, 2019). "10/31/2019 | Wind Turbine Size Changes Could Jeopardize Approvals; Agency Seeks PSC Review | News Ocean City MD". News Ocean City Maryland Coast Dispatch Newspaper.
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