Winery Wind offshore wind challenge, being developed by Avangrid and Copenhagen Infrastructure Companions (CIP), has delivered its first energy to the New England grid in Massachusetts.
As a part of the preliminary commissioning course of, on Tuesday 2 January 2024, one turbine delivered roughly 5 MW of energy, with further testing anticipated to occur each on and offshore within the coming weeks, in accordance with Avangrid, a member of the Iberdrola Group.
“It is a historic second for the American offshore wind trade. Quickly, Winery Wind will probably be producing energy equal of over 400,000 Massachusetts households,” stated Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey.
Energy from the Winery Wind offshore wind challenge interconnects to the New England grid in Barnstable, transmitted by underground cables that hook up with a substation additional inland on Cape Cod.
Positioned some 15 miles (roughly 24 kilometres) off the coast of Martha’s Winery, Winery Wind 1 will comprise 62 GE Haliade-X 13 MW wind generators deliberate to be put in by DEME’s jack-up Sea Installer.
Winery Wind started offshore development in late 2022, achieved steel-in-the-water in June, and accomplished the nation’s first offshore substation in July. Development flows by means of the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal.
Originally of December 2023, Avangrid and Copenhagen Infrastructure Companions introduced that 5 wind generators have been in place.
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“This actually is a milestone for offshore wind and the whole renewable trade in North America. For the primary time we’ve energy flowing to the American shoppers from a commercial-scale wind challenge, which marks the daybreak of a brand new period for American renewables and the inexperienced transition,” stated Tim Evans, Accomplice at CIP and Head of North America.
In July 2021, Winery Wind signed the primary Challenge Labor Settlement for an offshore wind farm in the US, which outlined the creation of 500 union jobs by means of the challenge. In December 2023, challenge shareholders introduced that Winery Wind 1 has delivered practically double of its dedication by means of the PLA by creating 937 union jobs by means of two years of development.
As soon as accomplished the challenge will generate 806 MW, sufficient to energy greater than 400,000 properties and companies in Massachusetts.
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