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Big Wind Power Coming to NYC

Writer's picture: Marshall KirkpatrickMarshall Kirkpatrick

New York City will get its first offshore wind power delivered to the city's grid starting in 2027, thanks to the securing of $3B in financing by Norwegian energy firm Equinor for the Empire 1 offshore wind facility. Contracted (maximum) capacity will be 810 MW, more than 4X all the offshore wind currently operational in the US. In-depth coverage can be found on Utility Dive and Renewable Energy World.


The United States is trailing China and its own goals in wind power: China has, by my calculation, 200X more offshore wind power capacity currently operational (nearly 38 GW) than the US (174 MW). But the US has 50% more under development than China currently has deployed. "Under development" is a huge grey area, given challenges with purchase agreements, interconnection, supply chain, and Trump. And all of these numbers pale at even energy demand growth, which continues to blow past estimates (see Visual of the Day below).


Effective execution will be essential, across a whole ecosystem of offshore wind related work. Equinor says "the redevelopment of the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal and construction of Empire Wind 1 will create more than 1,000 union jobs in the construction phase." But just look at wind power project management software companies like Shoreline, Lautec, and Kraken.  Those three companies employ around 500 more people in total, for example.


It's a striking scale of operational challenges and work to be done.

 

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Visual of the Day

Canary Media's Jeff St. John has published a big overview titled Lots of demand, too little grid: The state of the US power sector. It includes data and perspective from 8 different consultancies, government agencies, and other organizations.


Today's Updates



Table of Contents


  • Agriculture (1 story) - Veganuary campaign shows lasting impact on participants' meat reduction habits

  • Carbon (5 stories) - Arctic reforestation backfires on albedo effect; Antarctic ice reveals Ice Age fire patterns; seaweed carbon storage questioned; US oil hits 13.2M bpd record; 2025 temps to surpass 2016

  • Circular (1 story) - County building project salvages marble and granite, achieves 15,000-ton waste diversion through material reuse

  • Ecosystems (14 stories) - Whales' 130-year lifespans revealed as Dr. Earle and Goodall join conservation efforts; wildlife corridors planned for Latin American cats; radium found in PA mussels; Florida manatee origins traced; Arctic sanctuary proposed for 2037

  • Efficiency (3 stories) - Mass Save targets rentals; Bavaria museum installs 560kW sewer heat exchanger; water treatment detention time optimization studies

  • Finance (6 stories) - GFANZ's $5T deployment plan, IRA's $2.7T impact, Asian agtech dominance with SAEL and Scigene leading rounds, plus mixed energy forecasts through 2025

  • Grid (15 stories) - Utilities expand storage and microgrids amid record demand: Con Edison seeks 310MW batteries, Ann Arbor launches SEU, UK hits clean power milestone, China adds nuclear capacity, while US grid constraints persist

  • Indigenous (8 stories) - Indigenous fire practitioners and tribal knowledge guide prescribed burns from Montana to California, while Spanish-language training and StoryMaps expand cultural burning networks

  • Industry (4 stories) - Hydrogen projects span four continents as HIUV plans India expansion; Midwest Hub draws $22.2M amid reliability concerns at ND ammonia plant

  • Policy (20 stories) - Global temperatures breach 1.5°C threshold as Trump policies threaten clean energy jobs, while NY demands $75B from fossil fuel companies and IRA incentives save Americans $8.4B in 2023

  • Renewables (25 stories) - Major solar expansions by Qcells ($1.45B), Meijer, and Amazon, while Oregon hits $415M clean funding milestone; DOE grants $200M for geothermal research as global efficiency records climb with heterojunction cells reaching 26.50%

  • Transport (17 stories) - BYD surges in EV and bus sales while Tesla sees first decline; Waymo leads SF autonomy; structural battery breakthroughs at Swedish labs; China's CR450 train targets 450km/h; NYC defends congestion pricing



Agriculture

Veganuary campaign shows lasting impact on participants' meat reduction habits



Carbon

Arctic reforestation backfires on albedo effect; Antarctic ice reveals Ice Age fire patterns; seaweed carbon storage questioned; US oil hits 13.2M bpd record; 2025 temps to surpass 2016



Circular

County building project salvages marble and granite, achieves 15,000-ton waste diversion through material reuse



Ecosystems

Whales' 130-year lifespans revealed as Dr. Earle and Goodall join conservation efforts; wildlife corridors planned for Latin American cats; radium found in PA mussels; Florida manatee origins traced; Arctic sanctuary proposed for 2037



Efficiency

Mass Save targets rentals; Bavaria museum installs 560kW sewer heat exchanger; water treatment detention time optimization studies



Finance

GFANZ's $5T deployment plan, IRA's $2.7T impact, Asian agtech dominance with SAEL and Scigene leading rounds, plus mixed energy forecasts through 2025



Grid

Utilities expand storage and microgrids amid record demand: Con Edison seeks 310MW batteries, Ann Arbor launches SEU, UK hits clean power milestone, China adds nuclear capacity, while US grid constraints persist



Indigenous

Indigenous fire practitioners and tribal knowledge guide prescribed burns from Montana to California, while Spanish-language training and StoryMaps expand cultural burning networks



Industry

Hydrogen projects span four continents as HIUV plans India expansion; Midwest Hub draws $22.2M amid reliability concerns at ND ammonia plant



Policy

Global temperatures breach 1.5°C threshold as Trump policies threaten clean energy jobs, while NY demands $75B from fossil fuel companies and IRA incentives save Americans $8.4B in 2023



Renewables

Major solar expansions by Qcells ($1.45B), Meijer, and Amazon, while Oregon hits $415M clean funding milestone; DOE grants $200M for geothermal research as global efficiency records climb with heterojunction cells reaching 26.50%



Transport

BYD surges in EV and bus sales while Tesla sees first decline; Waymo leads SF autonomy; structural battery breakthroughs at Swedish labs; China's CR450 train targets 450km/h; NYC defends congestion pricing



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