Closed coal plant will be transformed into offshore wind hub
2 years, 10 months ago

Closed coal plant will be transformed into offshore wind hub

Associated Press  

The site of a former coal-fired power plant in Somerset will be transformed into the first offshore wind manufacturing facility in Massachusetts, the governor announced Thursday. An Italian cable manufacturing company, Prysmian Group, finalized an agreement to acquire a 47-acre parcel at the site to make subsea transmission cables that will bring power generated by offshore wind to the electrical grid. The investment in Somerset was part of Avangrid Renewables’ successful bid to the state for a future offshore wind project off the coast of Massachusetts, south of Martha’s Vineyard. A separate offshore wind project off the coast of Massachusetts, Vineyard Wind, is moving forward as the nation’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm.

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The United States has its first large offshore wind farm, with more to come
9 months, 1 week ago

The United States has its first large offshore wind farm, with more to come

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The United States has its first large offshore wind farm, with more to come
9 months, 1 week ago

The United States has its first large offshore wind farm, with more to come

Associated Press  

America’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm is officially open, a long-awaited moment that helps pave the way for a succession of large wind farms. Revolution Wind will be Rhode Island and Connecticut’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm, capable of powering more than 350,000 homes next year. High inflation, supply chain disruptions and the rising cost of capital and building materials …

Wind farm off the Massachusetts coast begins delivering steady flow of power
10 months ago

Wind farm off the Massachusetts coast begins delivering steady flow of power

Associated Press  

BOSTON — Vineyard Wind, the wind farm under construction off the coast of Massachusetts, has begun delivering energy to the power grid from five of its planned 62 wind turbines, company and state officials said Thursday. Maura Healey said the delivery of power to the grid from the first five turbines “marks a turning point in the clean energy transition.” …

Two large offshore wind sites are sending power to the US grid for the first time
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Two large offshore wind sites are sending power to the US grid for the first time

Associated Press  

For the first time in the United States, turbines are sending electricity to the grid from the sites of two large offshore wind farms. Avangrid CEO Pedro Azagra said 2023 was a historic year for offshore wind with “steel in the water and people at work, and today, we begin a new chapter and welcome 2024 by delivering the first …

Decades after Europe, turning blades send first commercial offshore wind power onto US grid
1 year ago

Decades after Europe, turning blades send first commercial offshore wind power onto US grid

Associated Press  

NEW LONDON, Conn. — Despite some recent financial setbacks, U.S. offshore windpower has hit a milestone. Danish wind energy developer Ørsted and the utility Eversource announced Wednesday the first electricity from what will be a 12-turbine wind farm called South Fork Wind 35 miles east of Montauk Point, New York. Wind turbine blades for South Fork Wind, an offshore wind …

New Bedford once lit the world with whale oil. Now it wants to do the same with wind power
1 year, 6 months ago

New Bedford once lit the world with whale oil. Now it wants to do the same with wind power

Associated Press  

— New Bedford was once the city that lit the world, exporting vast quantities of whale oil for lamps in the early 1800s. Nearly two centuries later New Bedford aspires to light the world again, in a different relationship with the sea, as the offshore wind industry arrives here. Vineyard Wind CEO Klaus Skoust Moeller said New Bedford is the …

Work starting on 1st commercial-scale US offshore wind farm
3 years, 1 month ago

Work starting on 1st commercial-scale US offshore wind farm

Associated Press  

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland joined with Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday to mark the groundbreaking of the Vineyard Wind 1 project, the first commercial-scale offshore wind farm in the United States. “This project and others across the country will create robust and sustainable economies that lift up communities and support good-paying jobs, while also ensuring future generations have a …

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