EPC contracts awarded for 1.1 GW Offshore wind farm in USA

JINGOLI Power, LLC, and Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company, Inc have been awarded the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contracts to deliver the construction of an onshore transmission system for a 1,100 MW Ocean Wind 1 offshore wind farm in New Jersey.

The contracts include the installation of two high voltage substations and nearly nine miles of underground cable that will connect the offshore wind farm to the onshore electric grid at two landfall points. Project engineering began during the first quarter of 2022, with construction estimated to start in September 2023. 

JINGOLI Power will install an underground electric export cable from landfall to B.L. England, the site of the onshore electric substation in Upper Township, and engineer, procure and install a duct bank/manhole system that will house the export cables. Burns & McDonnell will install a substation in Upper Township that includes an interconnection to a nearby Atlantic City Electric substation. The company will also install a substation at Oyster Creek, with interconnection to a nearby First Energy substation, and install an underground export cable from the landfall to the onshore electric substation.