WAKEFIELD, Mass. — Anbaric, a developer of large-scale subsea transmission projects with deep experience in New York, issued the following statement from its CEO, Edward Krapels, after the release of the New York Public Service Commission order to procure 800 megawatts of offshore wind by 2019 as the first step toward meeting Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s goal of 2,400-MW of offshore wind by 2030.
“We congratulate the PSC and the Cuomo Administration on the order on offshore wind procurement. It is a major step forward toward realizing Governor Cuomo’s commitment to create a clean energy future for New York. Anbaric remains eager to deliver offshore wind to the New York on-shore grid quickly and economically. With this announcement, we will intensify our development of our New York OceanGrid and look forward to working with generation companies to link the first 800 megawatts of offshore wind to the New York State grid and advance the State’s overall goal of 2,400 megawatts of new offshore wind generation by 2030.”
About Anbaric:
Anbaric creates and builds electric businesses of the future. Anbaric’s financial partner is the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, a $189 billion public pension fund. With a focus on transmission, microgrids, and storage, Anbaric’s purpose is to create new kinds of entities that convert old energy systems into new, more effective and resilient ones with an emphasis on clean energy. www.anbaric.com.