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New Jersey, Keyport: A Massachusetts company has unveiled plans for a high-voltage transmission line to deliver offshore wind power from the New Jersey coast to the state’s grid.

Anbaric, based in Wakefield, calls the project the Boardwalk Power Link. It would be a 1,200 MW line, landing in Keyport, Monmouth County, and running nearly 33 km (21 mi) underground to South Brunswick in Middlesex County. There, it would connect to a new substation next to an existing power plant.

The line would not serve New Jersey’s first offshore wind farm, Ocean Wind, off Atlantic City, but would be available for other future projects. With the state aiming for 7,500 MW of wind power by 2035, Anbaric sees its project as a key piece of infrastructure.

“It became extremely clear that there were going to be opportunities to bring all this energy onshore,” said Janice Fuller, Anbaric’s mid-Atlantic president.

Environmental permits have already been secured from the state, with more applications in progress. Construction and connection could take up to five years.

Supporters say the project places transmission closer to New Jersey’s biggest demand centres. Critics stress the importance of ensuring transmission is ready before new wind farms are built, the “chicken-and-egg” of offshore power.

Source: Daily Hampshire Gazette

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