Vineyard Wind sends burst of power to New England grid for first time.
Vineyard Wind, touted as the nation's first commercial-scale offshore wind project, has delivered its first burst of energy. What's next?
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Vineyard Wind, touted as the nation's first commercial-scale offshore wind project, has delivered its first burst of energy. What's next?
Offshore wind turbines at two commercial-scale sites are now sending power to the U.S. grid. Moments before midnight on Tuesday, a single turbine near Martha’s Vineyard delivered 5 megawatts of renewable energy to the New England grid, developers said. The turbine is one out of 62 planned for Vineyard Wind 1, an offshore site owned by utility company Avangrid and wind energy investor Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP).
The turbine delivered about 5 megawatts of power to the Massachusetts grid just before midnight Wednesday.
For the first time in the United States, turbines are sending electricity to the grid from the sites of two large offshore wind farms.