RI company proposes wind farm 30 miles off Montauk

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MARK HARRINGTON

A Rhode Island company is proposing to erect a 35-turbine wind farm about 30 miles off the coast of Montauk in the latest in a series of efforts to build utility-scale wind-power projects in waters off Long Island.

Deepwater Wind, which has twice proposed LIPA energy projects, said if its latest proposal is accepted, it would produce around 200 megawatts of energy for the region by 2018. The cost would be about $1 billion.

Deepwater already is working on a five-turbine project off the coast of Block Island after securing a power contract there. Construction of equipment began in December, said Deepwater chief executive Jeffrey Grybowski, and the project is expected to be up and running by 2016.

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