First Vineyard Wind 1 turbine in place offshore Massachusetts
Sept. 18, 2023
Avangrid, a subsidiary of the Iberdrola Group, has started installation of the wind turbines for the Vineyard Wind 1 project 30 miles offshore Cape Cod, New England.
Vineyard Wind shipped the first GE Haliade-X Wind Turbine Generator (WTG) on Sept. 6, 2023, from the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal to its location more than 30 miles off the coast of Cape Cod.
Offshore staff
BILBAO, Spain— Avangrid, a subsidiary of the Iberdrola Group, has started installation of the wind turbines for the Vineyard Wind 1 project 30 miles offshore Cape Cod, New England.
Recently, the first GE Haliade-X Wind Turbine Generator was delivered from the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal to the offshore development area, transported on two 400-ft barges said to be the sole vessels anywhere capable of transporting the turbine’s large components in an upright position.
GE loaded the US-flagged Marmac from the terminal with the vertically placed tower sections, three 351-ft-long blades and a nacelle pod housing the generating components.
Once erected, the Haliade-X extends to more than 860 ft. Ultimately, 62 wind turbines will be installed generating a combined 806 MW.
