Vineyard Wind, a joint venture between Avangrid Renewables and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), has broken ground on Vineyard Wind 1, the first commercial offshore wind farm in the US.
The 800 MW project, located 15 miles off the coast of Martha's Vineyard, will generate electricity for more than 400,000 homes, create 3,600 full-time jobs, save customers $1.4 billion in its first 20 years of operation, and is expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by more than 1.6 million tonnes per year, the equivalent of saving ...