Offshore staff
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has issued a notice of intent (NOI) to prepare an environmental impact study (EIS) for Kitty Hawk North. This is the first project within Avangrid Renewables’ Kitty Hawk Wind Energy Area offshore North Carolina (WEA).
The NOI initiates a 30-day public comment period to define the scope of the EIS, the major permitting study required for project approval.
BOEM will review a construction and operations plan for a commercial-scale project consisting of up to 69 wind turbine generators, one offshore substation, inter-array cables, and up to two transmission cables that will make landfall in Virginia Beach.
Kitty Hawk North consists of about 200 sq km (77 sq mi) located more than 27 mi (43 km) off the Outer Banks, due east of Corolla, North Carolina, with a capacity of at least 800 MW. When the entire 495-sq km (191-sq mi) Kitty Hawk WEA is developed, it is expected to support a total generation capacity of up to 2,500 MW. This is said to be enough to power 700,000 homes.
North Carolina aims to develop 2.8 GW of offshore wind energy by 2030 and 8 GW by 2040.
07/29/2021
