The US State of New York has announced two large solicitations for 4,000 MW of renewable power capacity, including 2,500 MW of offshore wind projects and 1,500 MW of onshore renewable projects for the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and the New York Power Authority (NYPA). More specifically, the land-based renewable solicitation issued by the NYSERDA aims at securing at least 1.6 TWh/year of renewable electricity from Tier-1 eligible projects (commissioned between 1 January 2015 and 30 November 2022). The NYPA solicitation aims to secure at least 2 TWh/year of renewable electricity from projects between 20 and 25 MW or above 100 MW. Winning bidders will be announced by the end of 2020 and the selected projects are due to be commissioned between 2021 and 2024. They are expected to attract around US$7bn in investments.
In January 2019, the governor of New York announced a new offshore wind capacity target of 9 GW for 2035, which is a nearly fourfold increase compared with the previous target of 2.4 GW by 2030. The additions in offshore wind capacity are essential in order to achieve its renewable electricity target of 70% by 2030, up from the previous target of 50%. The state committed to 6 GW of solar capacity (up from 3 GW) and to double its onshore wind capacity by 2025. In December 2019, the state had also committed itself to move to 100% carbon-free electricity by 2040, shortly after the notice of a new policy setting an electricity storage objective of 3 GW by 2030 with an interim goal of 1.5 GW by 2025.
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