Developers of an offshore wind farm in close proximity to eastern Long Island

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Developers of an offshore wind farm in close proximity to eastern Long Island presented an agenda to bring power to Long Island via a cable that would make landfall at Smith Stage County Park on Fire Island.
 
Representatives from Orsted along with Eversource responded this week to community concerns within the location of the electrical power line and its impacts recommended to their community both on land and at beach.
 
John Case, the director of permitting at Eversource Energy, said the power cable connection would come on-shore while in the parking area of Cruz Point Park and run along side William Floyd Parkway into a power substation in Holbrook.
 
"When were checking routes for our on-shore wires, we take a look at a considerable amount of criteria from technical feasibility, in addition to human, social impacts, and also environmental impacts, and we try to balance all of people, " Case said.
 
The developers said they may be working with the town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County and state officials to make a 20-year package of benefits to the residents to offset site visitors and construction impacts.
 
They said they also look to bring other economic benefits to additional towns by sourcing area materials, employing Long Island contractors, and hiring local union labor for structure.
 
Mike Evans, the allowing manager at Orsted, said the plans for your Sunrise Wind project to be found 30 miles east regarding Montauk point were evaluated by the government.
 
Evans said their approach mitigates environmental impacts as well as protects marine life.
 
Were focused on doing collaborative science, using the services of the recreational fishing business to conduct monitoring, previous to, during, and after structure, " Evans said. "Well be designing the project to stop and minimize any belonging to the sensitive habitats, like challenging bottom areas and seagrass regions. Well be using products to minimize these has an effect on by drilling underneath the particular intercoastal or drilling underneath the beach in order to avoid impacts there. .
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Posted 10 Dec 2020

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