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A major offshore wind project in the Massachusetts pipeline is no longer viable and would not be able to move forward under the terms of contracts filed in May.

Massachusetts is relying on offshore wind power generation to be a major contributor to its decarbonization goals over the next three decades but it is taking longer than first thought to get turbines spinning and now the largest project in the state's pipeline says it is "no longer viable and would not be able to move forward" without changes to the contracts between the developer and utility companies, likely increasing the cost of the power.

October saw the first offshore construction activity for a commercial scale U.S. offshore wind farm. Two cable layers have…

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Offshore cable installation commenced this week for Vineyard Wind which is billed as the first commercial-scale offshore wind farm in the United State...

As Vineyard Wind breaks ground on the nation’s first industrial-scale offshore wind farm, global supply chain issues and rising commodities prices have stalled a second project.

Work has begun on laying down the first section of submarine cable for the Vineyard Wind project.

Soaring inflation is not just a problem for consumers. It appears to be taking some of the wind out of the sails of the budding U.S. offshore wind ind...

Installation of undersea cables to connect the nation’s first utility-scale offshore wind farm to the grid has begun 15 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard. Vineyard Wind 1 will consist of 62 turbines, generating enough electricity to power more than 400,000 homes and businesses. The laying of cable is a slow process and requires two vessels: one to unroll miles of cable, and another to bury the cable below the seabed 5 to 8 feet. The vessels move less than one mile per hour, and the process is...

By Josh Saul and Will Wade (Bloomberg) — Plans for massive offshore wind farms that President Joe Biden hopes will power as many as 10 million American homes by 2030 are...