A National Guard facility will serve as the coastal landing point for electricity from multiple offshore wind farms in New Jersey.
Fossil energy stakeholders smelled blood in the water last year when they helped mobilize local residents to oppose offshore wind development along the coast of New Jersey. Well, that was then. Now the Garden State is back on track with its long-term goal of 11 gigawatts by 2040. The question is how to ferry the clean power ashore, and a new transmission venture leverages the New Jersey National Guard to help with the first part of the plan.
If you’re wondering how the National Guard made room for new offshore wind infrastructure at the Training Center, that’s a good question.for the facility could also pose some challenges. Nevertheless, in 2022 the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities tapped the sprawling US energy firm FirstEnergy Corp. toto the power grid through its subsidiary Jersey Central Power & Light, using the Training Center as a landing point.
“In addition, the use of a single transmission corridor to bring the electricity onshore will reduce environmental impacts and community disruption,” First Energy added.Landing 7.5 gigawatts’ worth of wind power on a point at the Jersey Shore is just the first step. The next challenge is to connect it to the statewide grid.
“The project consists of “pre-build infrastructure” that will house the cables carrying electricity generated by four wind projects to the grid,” Con Edison added. If all goes according to plan, the new transmission line will be ready for use by 2029.If you caught that thing about “pre-build infrastructure,” that is a thing. The President of National Grid Ventures, Will Hazelip, emphasized the pre-build angle in a press statement.
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