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Vineyard Wind secures transmission agreement

By: Tom Russell 30/10/2020 Vineyard Wind

General Windfarms

After receiving final authorisation from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Vineyard Wind has now executed an agreement with ISO New England (ISO-NE) to supply energy to the grid once its Vineyard Wind 1 project comes online.

Vineyard Wind LLC is an offshore wind development company seeking to build the first large-scale offshore wind energy project in the US. Vineyard Wind, based in New Bedford, Massachusetts, is 50 percent owned by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and 50 percent by Avangrid Renewables.

“We’re very pleased to reach this agreement, another important milestone in a project that will bring an entirely new industry to the US,” said Sy Oytan, deputy CEO of Vineyard Wind. “There is tremendous potential for job creation, not just during construction but also for operations and maintenance. These are good paying jobs that will be around for decades to come.”

Vineyard Wind 1, an 800 MW offshore wind farm to be located 15 miles off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard, is slated to be the first commercial scale offshore wind farm in the United States. The project is expected to generate electricity for more than 400,000 homes and businesses across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and reduce carbon emissions by more than 1.6 million tons per year.

In September, Vineyard Wind received final acceptance for filing from FERC for the execution of its Interconnection Agreement with ISO-NE., effective July 10, 2020. This agreement allows Vineyard Wind’s first 800 MW offshore wind project to connect its generation into the New England electric power grid at the NSTAR 115kV switch station in Barnstable, Massachussets. Vineyard Wind was selected to enter into power purchase agreements with Massachusetts electric distribution companies as part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Section 83C of the Green Communities Act offshore wind solicitation.

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