Deepwater Wind Modifies Block Island Wind Farm Proposal

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, have announced that the developer of the proposed Block Island Wind Farm is modifying the proposed plans in seeking a permit to construct the offshore wind farm with accompanying transmission system.

The company’s plans involve building a 30MW offshore wind farm and power transmission infrastructure off the southeast coast of Block Island, Rhode Island.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is now seeking public comments on a proposed project modification. The change consists of an alternative shore landing and buried terrestrial route for the Block Island Transmission System cable on the Rhode Island mainland, referred to as the Scarborough Beach Alternative. The previously proposed Narragansett Town Beach landing alternative has been eliminated from the proposed plan, along with the long-distance horizontal directional drill (HDD) landing construction option for the wind farm’s export cable and transmission system cable on Block Island.

“The Corps is seeking public comments limited to the scope of the activity associated with this modification. All previous comments received regarding the offshore wind farm with its associated submarine interconnecting and transmission cables are part of the Corps’ administrative record and will be evaluated along with any additional comments received in response to this project modification notice,” The Corps said.

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Press release, November 27, 2013; Image: Deepwater Wind