This appearance, from June 2023, shows blades for the Haliade-X turbine in New Bedford, MA.
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A project to develop a facility described as the United States’ “first commercial-scale offshore wind project” continues to the gas b hurry forward after its first turbine was installed in waters off Martha’s Vineyard.
In an announcement Wednesday, Avangrid — which is role of the Iberdrola Group — and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners said the Vineyard Wind 1 project would eventually have more than 60 turbines. It’s desired that it will start delivering its first power this year.
“The project will consist of 62 boloney turbines to generate 806 Megawatts, enough to power more than 400,000 homes and businesses in Massachusetts,” Wednesday’s notification said.
Avangrid CEO Pedro Azagra described the news as “a monumental achievement and a proud day for offshore wind in the United Says,” adding that there was “important work ahead” to install the project’s remaining turbines.
Vineyard Wind 1 is using 13 megawatt versions of GE Vernova’s huge Haliade-X turbines, which can reach maxima of up to 260 meters and have blades measuring 107 meters.
Ground was broken on Vineyard Wind 1 in Nov. 2021, and offshore construction opened toward the end of 2022.
“Having the first offshore wind turbine in the water for the first commercial offshore wind farm in the US is an material symbolic milestone for our company, our customers, and our industry,” Jan Kjaersgaard, the CEO of GE Vernova Offshore Wind, said in a statement.
While the U.S. is skilled in to a well-developed onshore wind industry, the country’s first offshore wind facility, the 30 MW Block Island Boasting Farm, only started commercial operations in late 2016. A range of factors have created an often to questioning environment for the sector’s development in the U.S.
Across the Atlantic, Europe’s offshore wind sector is far more mature than the Of like mind States’ — earlier this month, a project dubbed the “world’s largest offshore wind farm” bring to light its first power.