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  • Five Turbines Spin at America’s First Large-Scale Offshore Wind Farm

    23 February 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Vineyard Wind 1, America’s first large-scale offshore wind farm, has begun delivering energy to the New England grid from five of its planned 62 GE Haliade-X 13 MW wind turbines. The units are currently generating 68 MW of energy, enough to power 30,000 homes in Massachusetts, according to the developers of the project, Avangrid and […]

  • 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 […]

  • Windar Wraps Up Vineyard Wind 1 TP Delivery

    1 August 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Manufacturing, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Windar Renovables has manufactured and loaded the final batch of transition pieces (TPs) for the 806 MW Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm in the United States. In 2019, Windar Renovables won a contract to manufacture, certify, assemble, inspect, store, and deliver TPs for the offshore wind project, being developed by Vineyard Wind, a joint […]

  • Canada-Made GE Vernova Blades to Be Removed from Vineyard Wind 1 Site

    21 January 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) have completed the review and approved the revised Construction and Operations Plan (COP) for the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm. Last week, the federal government lifted the suspension on Vineyard Wind’s installation of the remaining GE Vernova […]

  • Vineyard Wind Places Two Bids in Massachusetts Offshore Wind Call

    20 September 2021
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Vineyard Wind has submitted two proposals in response to the Request for Proposals (RFP) for offshore wind energy projects in Massachusetts, offering options of approximately 800 MW and 1,200 MW. The developer’s proposals, named Commonwealth Wind, include the development of an offshore wind project in an area just south of the Vineyard Wind 1 and […]

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • MHI Vestas Opening US Headquarters

    14 January 2019
    Business & Finance

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind is opening an office in Boston, Massachusetts, which will act as the company’s U.S. headquarters. The news follows MHI Vestas’ recent contract as the preferred wind turbine supplier for the 800MW Vineyard Wind offshore wind project. The U.S. headquarters, which will officially open in the coming weeks, will initially focus on sales and strategy as the […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Semco Maritime to Serve Vineyard Wind’s Massachusetts Offshore Wind Farms

    1 November 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    Vineyard Wind has selected Semco Maritime as the preferred supplier for maintenance of the foundations and electric service platform (ESP) for the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm, and has also signed an agreement which will see Semco Maritime setting up a service and maintenance hub in New Bedford for the Commonwealth Wind project. The […]

  • Cabling Works at Full Steam on First Large-Scale US Offshore Wind Farm

    15 June 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    Two 220 kV high-voltage alternate current (HVAC) three-pole submarine cables have been installed for Vineyard Wind 1, America’s first large-scale offshore wind project. Prysmian Group, the supplier of the submarine cables, said that the operations proceed on time with the schedule and that their cable-laying vessel Ulisse is ready to perform submarine cable joints. Prysmian’s […]

  • Wind Turbine Installation Campaign Commences at Vineyard Wind 1

    13 September 2023
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The wind turbine installation campaign for the 806 MW Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind project has begun some 15 miles (approximately 24 kilometres) off the coast of Massachusetts, the US. The installation campaign follows the successful transportation earlier this week of the first GE Haliade-X 13 MW wind turbine from the New Bedford Marine Commerce […]

  • 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 […]

  • DPU Okays Vineyard Wind Energy Contracts

    17 April 2019
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) has approved long-term contracts for 800MW of offshore wind between Vineyard Wind and the Commonwealth’s electric distribution companies. “The approval of these contracts is an important step toward the completion of the largest offshore wind project in the country, which will significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, provide Massachusetts […]

  • Vineyard Wind to Deploy US-Based Supplier’s Bubble Curtain During Foundation Installation

    12 May 2023
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Vineyard Wind, a joint venture between Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and Avangrid which is building the first large-scale offshore wind farm in the US, has signed an agreement with the US company ThayerMahan for a pilot programme to deploy and test a secondary bubble curtain during the installation of foundations. A bubble curtain mitigates noise […]

  • Fugro Synergy Stays in Massachusetts Offshore Wind Waters

    26 October 2016
    R&D, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Fugro has been awarded a contract by Vineyard Wind, formerly named OffshoreMW, to perform a marine geotechnical site investigation within its wind development lease area south of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. Fugro’s 105-meter drilling vessel M/V Fugro Synergy will perform the study, which will include numerous seabed CPTs and exploration boreholes, along with sampling and downhole CPTs. […]

  • US East Coast Governors Urge Expediency on Vineyard Wind Decision

    29 August 2019
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    A bipartisan group of US East Coast state governors has urged the Trump administration to expeditiously complete the environmental review of the Vineyard Wind so that a Record of Decision for the offshore wind project can be issued by March 2020. In a letter sent to the US Department of Interior and the US Department of […]

  • Vineyard Wind Makes Offshore Wind Play in Connecticut

    5 April 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    US offshore wind developer Vineyard Wind LLC has responded to Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection’s (DEEP) request for proposals for offshore wind energy.

  • 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 […]

  • Heerema Bags Vineyard Wind Work

    12 July 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    The Dutch Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) has won a contract to transport and install foundations for the Vineyard Wind project in Massachusetts, U.S. Under the contract, Heerema said it is in charge of the (offshore) transport and installation of 84 foundations consisting of monopiles and transition pieces and ESP platforms at the 800MW project. “We […]

  • Vineyard Wind Commences Debris Recovery Following Turbine Blade Incident

    17 July 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    Following a blade damage incident that took place on 13 July at its 800 MW offshore wind project in Massachusetts, Vineyard Wind has revealed that it is mobilising debris recovery teams on Nantucket. Vineyard Wind, a joint venture between Iberdrola’s US subsidiary Avangrid and Denmark’s Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), announced on 16 July that it […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • Vineyard Wind Victorious in Massachusetts

    23 May 2018
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Vineyard Wind has been selected as the winner of the 800MW offshore wind Request For Proposals in Massachusetts.

  • 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 […]