Avangrid and Copenhagen Infrastructure Companions (CIP) have introduced that energy from Winery Wind was delivered to the New England grid for the primary time.
As a part of the preliminary commissioning course of on Jan. 2, one turbine delivered roughly 5 MW, with extra testing anticipated to occur each on and offshore within the coming weeks.
“For the primary time we’ve got energy flowing to the American customers from a commercial-scale wind mission, which marks the daybreak of a brand new period for American renewables and the inexperienced transition,” says Tim Evans, Associate at CIP and Head of North America. “By delivering first energy, we’ve got damaged new floor and proven a viable path ahead with energy that’s renewable, regionally produced and reasonably priced. A lot of the credit score for this milestone should go to our native companions, labor leaders and the mission’s expert union workforce, and native communities from New Bedford to Barnstable.”
Energy from the tasks interconnects to the New England grid in Barnstable, transmitted by underground cables that hook up with a substation additional inland on Cape Cod. As soon as accomplished, the mission will encompass 62 wind generators producing 806 MW.
Winery Wind 1 is collectively owned by Avangrid and CIP by means of its flagship fund, CI II and III. The mission is being developed and constructed by Avangrid and Winery Offshore, CIP’s affiliate improvement firm engaged on U.S. offshore tasks. In August 2022, Avangrid signed an settlement to imagine accountability because the operations and upkeep providers supplier for Winery Wind 1 as soon as the mission achieves industrial operations.
The mission expects to have 5 generators working at full capability early this yr.
