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  • Vineyard Wind Gets CRMC Federal Consistency Agreement

    21 March 2019
    Business & Finance

    The Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) has issued the federal consistency concurrence for the Vineyard Wind offshore wind project. The news follows Vineyard Wind’s submission of a commercial fisheries mitigation proposal and a commercial fisheries biological assessment monitoring plan summary to CRMC. The Massachusetts office of coastal zone management is expected to issue […]

  • US Government Shutdown Halts Vineyard Wind Meetings

    7 January 2019
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will be postponing public meetings on its Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Vineyard Wind project, originally scheduled for 8 and 9 January, due to the government shutdown. If the government shutdown continues into the morning of 14 January, the meetings scheduled for 15-17 January will be rescheduled as […]

  • Windar Wins Vineyard Wind Work

    17 June 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Spain’s Windar Renovables has won a contract to manufacture and deliver 84 transition pieces for the 800MW Vineyard Wind offshore wind farm in Massachusetts, US. The contract covers the manufacture, certification, assembly, inspection, storage and delivery of the 84 transition pieces. The value of the contract is close to EUR 100 million and it will […]

  • Vineyard Wind Adds Fisheries Liaison Officer to Its Team

    30 July 2018
    Jobs & Recruitment

    Vineyard Wind has appointed Crista Bank as Fisheries Liaison to lead the project’s regional engagement with fishing industry representatives on Cape and Islands, the South Coast, Rhode Island, and along the East Coast in the US.

  • Sif Monopiles for Vineyard Wind

    8 July 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Dutch offshore foundations specialist Sif Holding will manufacture 84 monopiles for the 800MW Vineyard Wind project in Massachusetts, USA. Sif’s scope comprises manufacturing of the monopiles, storage at the company’s Maasvlakte 2 facility in the Port of Rotterdam, and delivery by RoRo load-out via the facility’s deep sea quayside onto transportation vessels in 2020-2021. Located […]

  • MEPA Seeks Supplemental Vineyard Wind Environmental Impact Report

    22 June 2018
    Authorities, Environment, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act Office (MEPA) has requested a supplemental filing to the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the Vineyard Wind Connector project.

  • Vineyard Wind Backs Massachusetts Fisheries Event

    17 January 2019
    Business & Finance, Environment

    The U.S. Vineyard Wind is sponsoring a fisheries event in Massachusetts as part of its efforts to connect with the fishing industry in New England. The Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association Annual Weekend and Trade Show began today, 17 January, and will be taking place until 20 January at the Resort and Conference Center of Hyannis. Representatives from Vineyard Wind are […]

  • US Senator Calls for Timely Vineyard Wind EIS Decision

    15 August 2019
    Authorities

    Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren is urging the U.S. administration to allow the Vineyard Wind project to move forward without delay after it had faced a set back regarding the approval of its Federal Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS). Senator Warren has called on the U.S. administration to work towards a solution that will protect the environment, address the […]

  • Export Cable Installation at Full Steam on Vineyard Wind 1

    7 December 2022
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Vineyard Wind 1, America’s first large-scale offshore wind project, is moving forward with submarine cables being delivered by Prysmian Group. Prysmian’s cable laying vessels, Cable Enterprise and Ulisse, arrived in the US with submarine cables manufactured and tested at the company’s centres of technological excellence in Pikkala, Finland, and Arco Felice, Italy. In November, Cable […]

  • Vineyard Wind Reveals Connecticut Port Plans

    14 October 2019
    Ports & Logistics

    Vineyard Wind has revealed the plans to transform Bridgeport in Connecticut into an offshore wind hub as part of its proposed Park City Wind project. As reported earlier, Vineyard Wind submitted the proposal to develop the up to 1.2GW offshore wind project in response to Connecticut’s recent Request for Proposals (RfP). The company stated it is committed to […]

  • Vineyard Wind 1 One Step Away from Entering Construction

    9 March 2021
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) has released the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Vineyard Wind 1 project in Massachusetts and has thus put the offshore wind farm one step away from completing the federal permitting process. The only thing now left before construction on the project could begin is a […]

  • Vineyard Wind Unveils O&M Base on Martha’s Vineyard

    11 April 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, Training & Education

    On 10 April, Vineyard Wind held a “green” ribbon-cutting ceremony for its proposed offshore wind operations and maintenance (O&M) facility on the island of Martha’s Vineyard, and announced a partnership with local education institutions as part of its plan to prepare Massachusetts residents for careers in the offshore wind sector.

  • Vineyard Wind Submits Draft Environmental Impact Report

    3 May 2018
    Authorities, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    US offshore wind developer Vineyard Wind has submitted a Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) with state regulators for its proposed 800MW wind farm off Massachusetts.

  • Vineyard Wind and Greentown Labs Team Up for Offshore Wind Innovations

    20 February 2020
    Business & Finance, Environment, Technology

    Vineyard Wind and Greentown Labs have established a partnership to run a Greentown Launch accelerator program focused on offshore wind innovations.

  • Cable Laying Resumes at Vineyard Wind

    10 April 2023
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Prysmian’s cable-laying barge Ulisse has resumed cable-laying operations at the first U.S. large-scale offshore wind project, located off the coast of Massachusetts. According to the project’s latest mariner update, cable laying operations of the mid-section cable for the Vineyard Wind 1 project were set to kick off on or about 9 April and continue through […]

  • Arklow Bank Phase 2 Geotechnical Survey to Start in One Month

    31 July 2020
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Geoquip Marine will commence geotechnical survey at the Arklow Bank Wind Park Phase 2 site in the Irish Sea in late August or early September, according to a Notice to Mariners from Ireland’s Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport. The company will use its vessel Geoquip Saentis to carry out the survey work, which will be […]

  • Vineyard Wind Submits Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Report

    5 September 2018
    Authorities, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    US offshore wind developer Vineyard Wind has submitted a Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Report (SDEIR) to the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act Office (MEPA) for the 800MW Vineyard Wind project offshore Massachusetts.

  • Vineyard Wind Enters Connecticut Offshore Wind Solicitation

    1 October 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    Vineyard Wind has submitted bids to develop an up to 1.2GW offshore wind project in Connecticut in response to the state’s Request for Proposals (RfP). The Park City Wind proposal comprises a set of bids, including a required 400MW plan and options to develop projects that will generate 800MW, 1,000MW and 1,200MW of offshore wind capacity. […]

  • Vineyard Wind Selects Offshore Substation Team

    26 June 2019
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Denmark’s Bladt Industries has signed a contract with the US-based Vineyard Wind LLC for fabrication and delivery of an offshore substation for the 800MW Vineyard Wind offshore wind farm. The EPC contract covers the engineering, procurement, and construction of a 3,000-ton offshore substation and a 1,500 ton jacket foundation. Bladt Industries will execute the project in […]

  • Jan De Nul to Install JDR Inter-Array Cables at Vineyard Wind 1 Offshore Wind Farm

    18 August 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul Group, together with JDR Cable Systems as a subcontractor, will supply and install the inter-array cables for the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm in Massachusetts. Jan De Nul and the TFKable Group-owned JDR will deliver almost 210 kilometres of 66 kV cables that will connect the project’s 62 GE Haliade-X turbines […]

  • Vineyard Wind All About That Base

    8 August 2018
    Business & Finance

    Vineyard Wind officials have visited the site of the former Brayton Point coal-fired power plant as part of efforts to explore its potential role in the construction of the company’s 800MW offshore wind farm in Massachusetts, US.

  • Geophysical Surveys Kick Off at Vineyard Wind

    16 October 2019
    R&D

    Vineyard Wind will today commence geophysical surveys at its 800MW offshore wind project in Massachusetts, the U.S. Information gathered will be used to further design the wind farm and refine the location for the cable route from the project to shore. The vessel R/V Shearwater will be used for the work, which will continue into mid-November, weather […]

  • Vineyard Wind Faces Headwinds

    11 July 2019

    The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has postponed the issuance of the final Environmental Impact Statement for the Vineyard Wind project in Massachusetts. BOEM informed Vineyard Wind that it is not yet prepared to issue the final Environmental Impact Statement for the 800MW offshore wind project. According to the U.S. developer, changes to the schedule […]

  • Vineyard Wind and SMAST Studying Fisheries

    20 March 2018
    Environment, R&D

    Vineyard Wind has entered into a collaborative agreement with the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth’s School for Marine Science and Technology (SMAST) to assess fisheries, which is expected to further public understanding of offshore wind development impacts.

  • Export Cable Installation Begins at First Commercial-Scale Offshore Wind Farm in US

    25 October 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    The installation work on the export cable for Vineyard Wind 1, the first commercial-scale offshore wind farm in the US, has now begun with Prysmian’s cable laying vessel (CLV) Cable Enterprise set to start installing the offshore part of the project’s link to the grid on land after a pre-lay grapnel run. According to the […]

  • Avangrid to Operate Vineyard Wind 1

    4 August 2022
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Avangrid has finalized an agreement to assume responsibility as the operations and management services provider for Vineyard Wind 1, the first commercial-scale offshore wind project in the United States. The 800 MW Vineyard Wind 1, a 50-50 joint venture between Avangrid and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) funds CI II and CI III, is currently under […]