{"id":34765,"date":"2024-06-20T23:07:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T04:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev?p=34765"},"modified":"2024-06-20T20:30:15","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T01:30:15","slug":"usvi-wind-projects-enter-next-phase-with-executed-lease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/usvi-wind-projects-enter-next-phase-with-executed-lease\/","title":{"rendered":"USVI Wind Projects Enter Next Phase with Executed Lease"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>United State Virgin Island<\/p>\n<p>The lease agreement necessary to progress work on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/vi-wapa\/virgin-islands-brushing-aside-lack-of-due-diligence-concerns-psc-approves-wapa-wind-turbine-projects-on-st-thomas-and-st-croix\">wind farm projects slated St. Thomas and St. Croix<\/a>\u00a0is now in the hands of the Department of Property and Procurement. That was the word from Joel Hart of Advance Power, who provided an update to the V.I. Public Services Commission during its monthly meeting on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have formally executed and acknowledged the site lease, and it has been overnighted to Property and Procurement,\u201d Mr. Hart said. Now begins the potentially lengthy bureaucratic process, with approvals needed from the Attorney General\u2019s office, the Senate, and the governor.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cFor the permitting and approval process, we can\u2019t formally initiate that without having the leasehold and the site leads completed,\u201d Mr. Hart said, while noting that Advance Power is nevertheless conducting preparatory work in anticipation of the completion of the leasing process.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Mr. Hart also told commissioners that the structure of the lease had changed, so that instead of Advance Power subleasing the property from WAPA as originally contemplated, they would be the primary leaseholder in the agreement with Property & Procurement.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">PSC Commissioners questioned the total acreage of land on St. Croix and St. Thomas that would be leased under the agreement. Mr. Hart explained that it was too early to provide an exact figure, as the agreement is structured to allow maximum generation capacity on the site. \u201cWe\u2019re talking about having the flexibility to locate \u2026each patch site dependent on the actual engineering as we develop a formal site plan,\u201d he told commissioners. \u201cWe\u2019re looking at approximately two and a half acres for carve out for each pad site, more or less. But then\u2026 we\u2019ll have easements for interconnection purposes and collection systems and metering and so forth,\u201d he noted. After construction has been completed, an as-built survey would then determine the total acreage occupied by Advance Power. \u201cAnything else would be turned back to Property & Procurement,\u201d Mr. Hart said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Pressed for more exactitude by several commissioners, Mr. Hart estimated that 10 windmills would be installed at Bovoni Point on St. Thomas, with 20 east of the St. Croix refinery. However, he cautioned that the numbers are \u201csubject to change based on engineering; we want to put as few turbines as we can, but we want to meet the targets that are set out in the PPA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">There is still internal discussion about whether to use 1.5 MW or 2 MW turbines, which would impact the total number that are eventually installed, Mr. Har<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/vi-development\/virgin-islands-usvi-wind-projects-enter-next-phase-with-executed-lease\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>Image: Contract-agreement-<\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>United State Virgin Island The lease agreement necessary to progress work on the\u00a0wind farm projects slated St. Thomas and St. Croix\u00a0is now in the hands of the Department of Property&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1091,"featured_media":6598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[250],"tags":[173,244,284],"class_list":["post-34765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-articles","tag-contracts","tag-electricity-energy","tag-united-states-virgin-islands"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Contract-agreement-signature-Pixabay-Pexels.jpeg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6u9Qa-92J","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22958,"url":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/bill-seeking-to-fund-refurbishing-of-building-to-provide-services-for-the-homeless-held-in-committee-over-ownership-of-building-other-concerns\/","url_meta":{"origin":34765,"position":0},"title":"Bill Seeking to Fund Refurbishing of Building to Provide Services for the Homeless Held in Committee Over Ownership of Building, Other Concerns","author":"Mayra Bonilla Lopez","date":"July 7, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"United States Virgin Islands \u00a0 A bill that sought to use government funds to purchase a building to provide services for the homeless and mentally ill on St. Croix, in what was described as a public-private relationship, was held in committee following concerns about the measure. 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