On Tuesday night at 11:54 p.m., the wind farm team of Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners and Avangrid passed a major test – generating 5 megawatts of electricity from one turbine and successfully transmitting the electrons via a transmission line into the regional power grid on Cape Cod.
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Vineyard Wind, a couple days after target date, delivers first power
The developers behind Vineyard Wind failed to follow through on their pledge to begin delivering electricity to the power grid in 2023.
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State agency prepares to buy Salem offshore wind port land
Crowley will receive $30 million for the sale, the same amount the company paid when it originally purchased the land, according to Tyson. Another $45 million in state funding will support capital development at the site.
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Mass. raises eyebrows with offshore wind security deposit stance
As Massachusetts gets ready to take bids for the state’s next offshore wind procurement, questions are arising over how to deal with developers who won earlier contracts and terminated them because of changed economic circumstances.
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State board approves Craigville Beach transmission line
As the number of transmission lines coming ashore in Barnstable has grown, so has anxiety among residents, who are worried about popular beaches being torn apart as well as potential safety and health issues.
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Somerset offshore wind plant clears major hurdle
A PROPOSED TRANSMISSION cable manufacturing plant in Somerset to serve the US offshore wind industry cleared a major hurdle on Thursday when the town’s Zoning Board of Appeals voted unanimously […]
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Avangrid says it terminated offshore wind contracts at “minimum cost”
THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE of Avangrid told financial analysts on Thursday that he was very pleased the company was able to terminate offshore wind power purchase agreements in Massachusetts and […]
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Tension boils over at Somerset zoning meeting
TENSION IS RISING in the South Coast community of Somerset as the town moves closer to a final decision on a zoning condition that could determine whether an Italian company […]
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First Vineyard Wind turbine installed
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE ONE DOWN, 61 to go. The Avangrid and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners joint venture announced Wednesday that the installation of the first of 62 turbine generators that […]
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Somerset considering $20m tax break for Brayton Pt. plant
SOMERSET IS CONSIDERING giving a $20 million tax break to the Prysmian Group to help build a subsea transmission cable manufacturing facility at Brayton Point. Prysmian has already received a […]
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Legal challenges by fishing groups to Vineyard Wind rejected
A FEDERAL JUDGE ruled against two fishing groups who were challenging federal environmental approvals granted to Vineyard Wind for the construction of its wind farm off the coast of Martha’s […]
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New York rejects bid to renegotiate offshore wind contracts
NEW YORK OFFICIALS followed the lead of regulators in Massachusetts on Thursday, rejecting bids by four offshore wind developers to renegotiate the prices they were awarded in previously approved contracts […]
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Healey announces 3-state offshore wind procurement
NERVOUS ABOUT rising prices for offshore wind power, the states of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut are banding together to solicit larger wind farm projects that hopefully will come with […]
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DPU approves termination of SouthCoast wind contract
THE MASSACHUSETTS Department of Public Utilities on Monday gave its blessing to an agreement terminating offshore wind contracts between the state’s three utilities and SouthCoast Wind, even as utilities in […]
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SouthCoast Wind agrees to pay $60m to terminate power purchase agreements
THE DEVELOPER of SouthCoast Wind on Tuesday agreed to pay more than $60 million to the state’s three leading utilities to terminate power purchase agreements the company negotiated last year […]
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Avangrid provides on-the-water glimpse of offshore wind future
WIND FARM DEVELOPER Avangrid provided a preview of coming attractions on Wednesday, taking a group of lawmakers, environmental advocates, and reporters out to the construction site of the nation’s first […]
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Ominous offshore wind news from Rhode Island
IN WHAT COULD BE a foreshadowing of future offshore wind pricing, Rhode Island’s leading utility this week opted not to move forward with a project called Revolution Wind 2 because […]
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Avangrid agrees to pay $48m to terminate offshore wind deal
AVANGRID AND THE STATE’S three major utilities on Monday agreed to terminate a power purchase agreement they signed just last year, with the offshore wind developer agreeing to pay a total […]
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Campbell at odds with Healey on offshore wind
ATTORNEY GENERAL Andrea Campbell and Gov. Maura Healey are the closest of political allies, but they are staking out very different positions on the state’s next offshore wind procurement. The […]
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Big decisions looming on offshore wind
EVERY COUPLE OF DAYS a picture surfaces out of New Bedford showing ships bringing in the giant parts needed to assemble Vineyard Wind, the nation’s first commercial-scale wind farm. The […]
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Mass. offshore wind developers could forfeit more than $100m
THE TWO wind farms seeking to terminate their Massachusetts power purchase agreements may have to forfeit tens of millions of dollars, according to the House’s energy leader. Rep. Jeffrey Roy of […]
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Eversource’s view appears to depend on where it sits
NEW YORK wind farm developers earlier this week said they needed more money from ratepayers to get their projects off the ground, which had to be a tad embarrassing for […]
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NY offshore wind developers also seek price relief
MAJOR OFFSHORE wind developers in New York say their projects may no longer be financially viable unless regulators amend their power purchase agreements to include adjustments for inflation and interconnection […]
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SouthCoast Wind pulling out of its wind farm deal
A clarification has been added to this story. SOUTHCOAST WIND said on Monday that it is moving to terminate its existing offshore wind contracts with Massachusetts and hoping to rebid […]