Avangrid, Inc announced today that the Vineyard Wind 1 project successfully installed the first GE Haliade-X Wind Turbine Generator (WTG) for the nation’s first Vineyard Wind 1 project. The firm is a part of the Iberdrola Group as well as Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), a global leader in green energy investing.
The finished turbine is made up of one tower, three blades, and one nacelle, and it is the biggest turbine in the Western hemisphere, with a nameplate capacity of 13 Megawatts and the ability to power over 6,000 houses and businesses in Massachusetts.
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The project will have 62 wind turbines that will create 806 Megawatts of power, enough to power more than 400,000 Massachusetts homes and businesses.
Vineyard Wind started offshore construction in late 2022, reached steel-in-the-water status in June, and finished the nation’s first offshore substation in July. The New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal is under construction. Vineyard Wind inked the first Project Labour Agreement in the United States for an offshore wind project in July 2021, outlining the development of 500 union jobs through the project.
Details on Vineyard Wind 1
Vineyard Wind, an 806-megawatt project 15 miles off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard, will generate electricity for more than 400,000 homes and businesses in Massachusetts, create 3,600 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) job years, save customers $1.4 billion over the first 20 years of operation, and reduce carbon emissions by more than 1.6 million metric tonnes per year, the equivalent of taking 325,000 cars off the road annually.
“This completed turbine is a monument to the hard work and belief in our construction and project teams, as well as countless partners in our neighbouring communities,” stated Tim Evans, Partner and Head of North America for CIP. “Vineyard Wind is the future of American offshore wind, and it is a future full of clean, sustainable energy and enormous potential for job creation and carbon pollution reduction.” Offshore wind remains a key component of our investment plan, with the US market playing a key role.”
