Sunrise Wind will support Governor Hochul’s goal of establishing an enduring offshore wind supply chain while incentivizing and encouraging economic growth in New York State.
In total, Sunrise Wind will invest more than $400 million in New York in accordance with our Offshore Wind Renewable Energy Credit agreement with the state. As part of this agreement, we are committed to working with minority- and women-owned businesses to ensure that the developing offshore wind supply chain is inclusive and diverse.
Sunrise Wind is estimated to generate up to 800 direct jobs through the project’s construction and initial operation. Thousands of other indirect and induced jobs will be created to support project work – ranging from companies that will monitor wildlife and the seabed around the project to boosting local businesses who provide goods and services within the vicinity of the ports in which we will operate.
One of our biggest commitments to Long Island will be making the Port Jefferson area the home of our Operations and Maintenance Headquarters, a strategic investment that will serve our entire national portfolio of offshore wind projects and will support approximately 100 permanent, full-time jobs over the 25-year life of our projects as well as shorter-term construction jobs.
Additionally, Sunrise Wind has committed $10 million in seed funding to create a National Offshore Wind Training Center in Brentwood, located in Suffolk County. Together with partners from labor, academia, and the environmental community, the Center will feature facilities and programming that aim to cement Suffolk County’s role as an integral part of the offshore wind industry. Suffolk County Community College will serve as the academic arm of this initiative.
Sunrise Wind has committed to constructing Advanced Foundation Components in the New York Capital Region and to funding the Upper Hudson Valley Workforce Development Fund, which will ensure residents throughout the region have access to the training needed to succeed in the offshore wind industry.
Sunrise Wind is entering negotiations with New York State contractors and trade labor organizations on a Project Labor Agreement to cover construction activities for the onshore portions of the project and committed to paying prevailing wages. Offshore work will be built in accordance with the National Offshore Wind Agreement (NOWA) that has been negotiated and signed by North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU).
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