Offshore Wind Joint Venture Proposes Steel Factory in Orange County, New York
A joint venture has been proposed to power nearly 500,000 New York homes with wind turbines made in local factories, including a new steelmaking plant in Orange County.
Community Offshore Wind, which was formed by RWE and National Grid to develop offshore wind in the Northeast, submitted the above plan to the state on Jan. 25.
The proposal also includes new blade and nacelle factories in unspecified parts of the state and a new port facility in Staten Island for the staging and assembly of turbines.
A nacelle is the part of a turbine that helps convert wind power into electricity.
Orange is the only county in the Hudson Valley region to be included in the proposal. …