该项目还将帮助纽约成为海上风电基础设施的领导者。
Leading Light Wind项目的项目总监韦斯·雅各布斯(Wes Jacobs)谈到船厂的4号干船坞时说：“10多年前，这个干船坞在桑迪遭到破坏，从那以后什么都没发生。”。
Leading Light Wind项目可以将这个有百年历史的码头变成一个现代化的运营和维护设施，将布鲁克林与大西洋的一个风电场连接起来。
雅各布说：“这是一个利用纽约市历史悠久的海滨部分开发下一代能源的机会，因此整个码头将得到振兴，以支持清洁能源转型。”。
Leading Light Wind是六家海上风电开发商之一，他们希望获得一份政府合同，作为国家5亿美元海上风电基础设施投资的一部分。
雅各布斯补充道：“我们在这份征求建议书中真的很独特，因为我们是唯一一个由美国主导的项目。”。
一旦码头完全重建，船只将从大西洋进入船厂，运送材料、设备和工人往返于长岛以南约80英里的海上风电场。
雅各布斯说：“这个项目将为相当于80万户纽约家庭提供电力。”。
私人和公共投资相结合将为这项价值数十亿美元的提案提供资金。
Leading Light Wind希望该提案将使干船坞成为海上风电创新的中心，与布鲁克林海军造船厂合作，为布鲁克林带来数千个就业机会和培训。
雅各布斯说：“从建筑业工作到制造业工作，再到长期制造业和维修业工作，无所不包。”。
该州能源研究与发展局将于今年春天宣布获奖项目。
如果Leading Light Wind项目脱颖而出，他们计划在2030年开始建设。
原文如下：
A proposed offshore wind project could bring thousands of jobs to the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
The project would also help New York become a leader in offshore wind infrastructure.
"This dry dock was damaged in Sandy over 10 years ago and really nothing has happened since then," says Wes Jacobs, project director of Leading Light Wind Project about the yard's Dry Dock 4.
The Leading Light Wind Project could turn the century-old dock into a modern operation and maintenance facility, connecting Brooklyn to a wind farm in the Atlantic Ocean.
"This is an opportunity to leverage a part of New York City's historic waterfront for the next generation of energy, So this entire dock will be revitalized to support the clean energy transition," Jacob says.
Leading Light Wind is one of six offshore wind developers who hope to secure a government contract as part of a $500 million investment from the state for offshore wind infrastructure.
"We are truly unique in this RFP in that we are the only American-led project," Jacobs adds.
Once the dock is fully rebuilt, ships will come into the yard from the Atlantic Ocean carrying materials, equipment and workers to and from offshore wind farms, which would be about 80 miles south of Long Island.
"This is a project that would power the equivalent of 800,000 New York homes," Jacobs says.
A mix of private and public investments would fund the multi-billion-dollar proposal.
Leading Light Wind hopes the proposal will make the dry dock a hub for offshore wind innovation, partnering with Brooklyn Navy Yard to bring thousands of job opportunities and training to Brooklyn.
"Everything from construction jobs, to manufacturing jobs, to long-term manufacturing and maintenance jobs," Jacobs says.
The state's Energy Research and Development Authority is set to announce the winning project this spring.
If the Leading Light Wind Project comes out on top, they plan to start construction in 2030.
