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BROOKLYN

On March 3 Equinor and bp an- nounced an agreement to transform the South Brooklyn Marine Termi- nal into an OSW hub. This $250 million project ($57 million from

New York) will prep this site for staging and assembly. An Equinor press release references “economic recovery and increasing diversity in waterfront construction, by helping local minority- and women-owned business enterprises bene? t from the growing offshore wind industry and take advantage of the green jobs of the future.”

Unfortunately, the press release does not include a timeline for when this work starts, and when the site will be ready. The only temporal reference is that it is needed for power genera- tion by 2030.

However, consider that New York’s expected timeline for permitting and approvals is between 2019 and 2023.

Then, wind tower construction and installation are expected between 2022 and 2024. Those deadlines are looming. Brooklyn terminal work has to be starting soon.

ALBANY

In 2021, then-Governor Andrew

Cuomo announced that the Port of

Albany would be the site of the ? rst

OSW tower manufacturing facility.

Planning is still underway. In Octo- ber, the Town of Bethlehem, N.Y., had a public hearing to decide on var- ious policy questions, including tax abatements, linked to a site permit.

In early March those open issues were 156,033 still undecided. However, a closure vote was expected in mid-March and www.marinelink.com MN 25|