On January 3, 2024, Avangrid and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) announced that power from the first turbine of the Vineyard Wind project was delivered to the New England grid for the first time.[1] As part of the initial commissioning process, on January 2, 2024, the turbine delivered approximately 5 MW of power, with additional testing expected to happen both on and offshore in the coming weeks. Vineyard Wind is an 806 MW project consisting of consist of 62 wind turbines and located 15 miles off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. The project began offshore construction in late 2022, achieved steel-in-the-water in June 2023, and completed the nation’s first offshore substation in July 2023. Power from the project interconnects to the New England grid in Barnstable and is transmitted by underground cables that connect to a substation further inland on Cape Cod. Avangrid and CIP jointly own Vineyard Wind. The project is being developed and constructed by Avangrid and Vineyard Offshore, CIP’s affiliate development company working on U.S. offshore projects. The developers expect to have five turbines operating at full capacity early in 2024.

[1] https://www.vineyardwind.com/press-releases/2024/1/3/cip-avangrid-announce-first-power-from-nation-leading-vineyard-wind-1-project