Ocean Wind 1

Wind Project Site

Title: Ocean Wind 1

Status:

Planned

Project Manager:

PSEG Power, Ørsted

Turbine Developer:

General Electric Company

Foundation Manufacturer:

Crystal Steel Fabricators, Inc

Website:

External Link

Info Last Updated:

November 20, 2023

Contact:

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Details

Technology:

Fixed Offshore Wind

Project Scale:

Commercial Farm

Turbine Model:

Haliade X

Hub Height:

156 m

Rotor Diameter:

240 m

Number of Turbines:

Capacity per Turbine:

12 MW

Installed Capacity:

1100 MW

Support Structure:

Monopile

Inter-Array Cables:

170 kV

Export Cables:

AC, Buried Seafloor Cables

Export Cable Voltage:

275 kV

Number of Export Cables:

Cable Landfall:

Horizontal Directional Drill

Physical Site:

Shallow Water (<60m), Marine, Soft-Bottom Habitat

Water Depth:

14.94-35.97 m

Distance from Shore:

24.14 km

Country:

United States of America

State:

New Jersey

Description

Ocean Wind 1 will be New Jersey’s first utility-scale offshore wind farm, covering an area of 276.97 square kilometres. It will provide clean, reliable energy to 500,000 homes. The offshore wind farm began development in January 2010 and will be composed of approximately 98 Haliade X 12 MW GE turbines, with a total installed capacity of 1100 MW. Construction will start in Fall 2023 and the project is scheduled to become fully operational in 2025.

Location

Ocean Wind 1 will be located approximately 24.14 km (15 miles) off the coast of southern New Jersey. Located about 33.68 km (20.93 mi) from Stone Harbor, NJ. The proposed landfall and onshore portions of the export cable route to the BL England substation on the barrier island of Ocean City and mainland New Jersey in Upper Township, NJ.

Licensing Information

2023: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), federal consistency determination and four permits for the construction and operations of Ocean Wind 1
2023: NJDEP and Division of Land Use and Regulation (DLUR), Waterfront Development Permit and Coastal Consistency Determination
2023: NJDEP and DLUR, Coastal Areas Facility Review Act Permit and Coastal Consistency Determination
2023: NJDEP and DLUR, Coastal Wetlands Permit
2023: NJDEP and DLUR, Freshwater Wetlands Permit
2023: NJDEP and DLUR, Section 401 Water Quality Certification
2023: NJDEP and Division of Parks and Forestry, Natural Heritage Program, New Jersey Endangered Species Conservation Act, threatened and endangered species consultation, permit issued
2023: NJDEP and New Jersey Historic Preservation Office, NHPA Act Section 106 Review and New Jersey Register of Historic Places Act, permit issued
2022: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), CWA Section 404 and RHA Section 10 Individual Permit
2022: Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), Letter of Authorization
2022: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries, Incidental Take Authorization
2019: BOEM Construction and Operations Plan Approval

Project Timeline

2025: Anticipated operations
2023: Anticipated construction
2023: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) completed its environmental impact statement and onshore cable activities scheduled for September
2022: BOEM released a draft environmental impact statement
2021: EEW and Ocean Wind broke ground in April and vessel-led site surveys conducted
2020: Site investigation conducted by Rutgers University and the MV Shearwater was demobilized in September
2019: Geophysical surveys conducted by Furgo and Garline and a metocean buoy was deployed on the site
2018: Deployed AXYS FLiDAR Wind Sentinel
2017: Site assessment plan submitted, and site investigations conducted (offshore survey work and geotechnical) • 2016: Wind energy leases were signed
2012-2013: Site Investigations • 2010: Strategy or Policy Development

Key Environmental Issues

While offshore wind farm construction and installation activities do produce noise, Ørsted uses noise abatement and mitigation technologies to dampen noise that would otherwise disturb underwater life. Protective measures are employed during all phases of offshore construction. For example, during pre-construction, Ørsted performs high-resolution geophysical (HRG) surveys using equipment that operates at frequencies undetectable by marine mammals. Survey vessels travel at speeds no greater than 10 knots to reduce noise, and marine observers are always onboard to watch for underwater creatures.

Receptor	Design and Methods	Results	Publications	Data
Bats	Aerial and boat-based surveys Eastern red bat observations were collected incidentally as part of a large baseline study of seabird, marine mammal, and sea turtle distributions and movements in the offshore environment. Digital, aerial, and boat-based survey methods were used.	Complete Surveys of wildlife off the Atlantic Seaboard detected a possible diurnal migration event of eastern red bats. Digital survey methods also allowed for altitude estimation for several of these bats at >100 m above sea level. These observations provide new evidence of bat movements offshore and offer insight into their flight heights above sea level and the times of day at which such migrations may occur.	Hatch et al. 2013	No data publicly available.
Fish	Fisheries Monitoring Plan (FMP): Trawl Survey and eDNA work Includes a suite of seven fisheries monitoring surveys that will monitor and assess the abundance of the fish community as well as the biodiversity that exists in the Ocean Wind 1 lease area. Monitoring fieldwork began prior to construction and will be carried out over a six-year period on local commercial fishing vessels through all project phases. The surveys will include the Northeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program style trawl survey and eDNA work involving extracting genetic materials from the ocean to determine whether the development of wind turbines and infrastructure has an impact on fish populations.			No data publicly available.
Physical Environment	Benthic Assessment Broad-brush assessment of benthic habitats within eight proposed WEAs in the National Marine Fisheries Service Greater Atlantic Region (BOEM Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Planning Areas).	Complete Provided the data necessary to establish a contemporary and comprehensive benthic habitat database for the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) in the northeastern region of the United States to provide insight into benthic environmental issues and potential impacts associated wind power development on the continental shelf.	Guida et al. 2017	BOEM Benthic Habitat Assessment
Ecosystem Processes	Biological Assessment Prepared pursuant to Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to evaluate potential effects of the Ocean Wind 1 Offshore Wind Farm Project (Project, or Proposed Action) described herein on ESA-listed species under the jurisdiction of the National Marine Fisheries Service.	Draft Provides a comprehensive description of the Proposed Action, defines the Action Area, describes species potentially impacted by the Proposed Action, and provides an analysis and determination of how the Proposed Action may affect listed species and/or their habitats.	BOEM Office of Renewable Energy Programs 2022	No data publicly available.