While there are advantages and disadvantages to each offshore design concept, both structures must reconcile their design with the physical parameters of lease locations, opportunities for coordination, and ultimately, with the technical constraints of interconnecting to New York’s electrical grid. Backbone transmission facilities are expandable to accommodate an initial facility as well as facilities built in the future. Direct radial transmission facilities are developed, sized, and constructed to support one offshore wind facility. In its Offshore Wind Policy Options Paper, NYSERDA explored two of these strategies-direct radial and backbone. Transmission and interconnection strategies play a considerable role in offshore wind cost, feasibility, scalability, sizing, and implementation approaches. Authorizing and building new transmission capacity will prepare the way for new renewable energy sources and bring clean power to areas of the state with the greatest need. To support the rapid growth of renewable energy generation in the State, including 9,000 megawatts of offshore wind by 2035, New York will develop a plan for upgrading our electricity grid with smart new technologies that increase the capacity and effectiveness of our transmission system. New York’s transition to a clean energy future will require 70 percent of our electricity to come from renewable sources by 2030. Achieving 9,000 megawatts of offshore wind will help deliver New York’s goal of 70 percent renewable energy by 2030
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