Vineyard Wind: ROD issued for 800 MW offshore wind project
USA, Massachusetts, Martha's Vineyard: Vineyard Wind has received the US Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Record of Decision (ROD).
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USA, Massachusetts, Martha’s Vineyard: Vineyard Wind has received the US Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Record of Decision (ROD).
This is, as the company noted, is the final major step in the federal review process for the 800 MW offshore wind project located 24 km (15 mi) off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard.
The project will be the first commercial scale offshore wind farm in the country, according to the company, which is a joint venture between AVANGRID subsidiary Avangrid Renewables and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners.
The Vineyard Wind 1 project has been through a public review process since 2017, according to the statement.
As noted on the project website, Vineyard Wind has leased a 160,000-acre area south of Martha’s Vineyard.
The project design includes the GE Haliade-X turbine, with a capacity of 13 MW, Vineyard Wind said in its statement, adding that the larger turbine capacity has allowed the project to reduce the total number of turbines from 108 to 62, while still delivering a total capacity of 800 MW to Massachusetts ratepayers.
As noted on the website, power from the turbines will be collected by an offshore substation. Submarine cables will be installed along a route from the project site to a landing point on shore, buried up to six feet below the sea floor, the site noted, adding that the onshore cables will be buried along proposed routes in Barnstable. From the onshore cable landing site, the route will extend to the grid connection point inland, the site noted, adding that while the route will run underground primarily along public roads, it also includes segments within other previously disturbed corridors, such as an existing utility right of way.
Source: T&D World