Empire Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Equinor and BP, has selected Vestas as its preferred supplier for wind turbine generators for both the Empire Wind I and Empire Wind II wind farms, located 15-30 miles off the coast of Long Island. The deal would see Vestas deliver 138 V236-15 MW wind turbine generators with a total generating capacity of around 2GW—for the two Empire Wind developments. Each rotation of a 15 MW turbine will be capable of powering a New York home for about 1.5 days.
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