Original project costs were bid by FPL Energy to cost around $356 million, however, new estimates released in August 2007 estimate that the project could cost $811 million. To put this in perspective, the PACE study (see links below) finds that the cost of a Long Island-based combined cycle natural gas-fired plant is aproximatley $137 per MWh, while the cost of offshore wind would be around $291 per MWh. Cost considerations have prompted LIPA Chairman Kevin Law to terminate the project.

LIPA

MMS-Main project permitting entity

A Financial Analysis of the Proposed Long Island Offshore Wind Farm (pdf)

Assessment of Offshore Wind Power Resources (Pace Study, pdf)

Simulated View from Jones Beach:

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Simulated View from Robert Moses Beach:

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LIPA considers large wind farm- September 23 2008

Bidder has new interest in Long Island wind farm- September 14, 2007*

Long Island offshore wind farm scuttled; Cape Wind predicted this outcome 4 years ago- September 8, 2007

LIPA Releases Pace Study on Offshore Wind Project Costs- August 23, 2007

LIPA chief kills wind farm project- August 22, 2007

Price Tag Doubles For Offshore Wind Park- July 11, 2007

LIPA/FPL Energy submit application for offshore wind project to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers- April 26, 2005

LIPA Issues RFP for Offshore Wind Generation Project- January 22, 2003

LIPA/NYSERDA Study Shows Offshore Wind Generation Has Significant Potential for Long Island - April 22, 2002