A
right-of-way
grant
occupies
a
corridor
200
feet
wide
(60.9
metres)
and
is
anticipated
to
extend
about
790
statute
miles
(1,271km)
to
accommodate
parallel,
redundant
circuits.
Full
construction
of
all
phases
of
the
multi-stage
project
would
take
about
10
years.
DOI’s
Bureau
of
Ocean
Energy
Management
(BOEM)
found
there
is
no
competing
interest
from
other
wind
transmission
developers
for
the
right-of-way
sought
by
Atlantic
Grid
for
its
Atlantic
Wind
Connection.
The
proposed
project
is
a
high-voltage,
direct-current
subsea
transmission
system
that
would
collect
power
generated
by
wind
turbine
facilities…