$3-billion, 882-MW Moray West project, set to finish by early 2025, has signed power deals with tech firms—with Google announcing Feb. 1 a new large wind agreement with Shell and Mitsubishi.
The pause directly impacts four proposed projects that are pending US Energy Dept. approval, but more are also in earlier stages of the authorization process.
Guiding the state’s push to reach nation-leading goals in clean energy deployment, the chief of the NY State Energy Research and Development Authority acknowledges the “heavy lift” ahead amid construction headwinds but says the challenge to mitigate climate change is "compelling."
Project owner Electricité de France now expects to complete the project between 2029 and 2031 and estimates its cost at between $39 billion and $43 billion.