DONG Energy has agreed to take over RES Americas Developments Inc.’s newly assigned development project rights for a 1,000MW wind site off the coast of New Jersey.
The New Jersey lease is the second U.S. lease area for DONG Energy. The acquisition of the company’s first U.S. lease area, off the coast of Massachusetts, was approved by BOEM in June 2015.
At the offshore wind auction held by the U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) on November 9 , 2015, RES Americas Development Inc. secured the rights to develop one of the two leases that were awarded.
The lease comprises an area that could potentially accommodate more than 1,000MW of offshore wind.
Following approval from BOEM, the lease will be taken over by DONG Energy. RES Americas will continue to support development of the lease area as agreed with DONG Energy.
Samuel Leupold , Executive Vice President of Wind Power, said: “The U.S. is an interesting market for offshore wind with the potential to become a significant area for future development. With the transfer of the offshore wind development projects in the U.S., we are broadening our international scope.
The site conditions are quite similar to those we currently work with in North-Western Europe which means that the project could be developed using well-known technology.”
The New Jersey lease has a total size of 160,480 acres and is located approximately ten nautical miles offshore. The average water depth is approximately 25 meters.