Vineyard Wind secures final approval

The first large-scale US offshore wind farm is now green-lit for establishment. It's "not about the start of a single project, but the launch of a new industry," states Vineyard.
Photo: Illustration: Vineyard Wind
Photo: Illustration: Vineyard Wind

The long wait is over. As the first offshore wind farm in the US, Vineyard Wind has received approval of its construction plan. Awarded a Record of Decision (ROD), Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and Avangrid have now secured final federal permission to establish the 62 turbines that will comprise the project's 800 MW.

Already a subscriber?Log in here

Read the whole article

Get access for 14 days for free. No credit card is needed, and you will not be automatically signed up for a paid subscription after the free trial.

With your free trial you get:

  • Access all locked articles
  • Receive our daily newsletters
  • Access our app
  • Must be at least 8 characters, including three of: Uppercase, lowercase, numbers, symbols
    Must contain at least 2 characters
    Must contain at least 2 characters

    Get full access for you and your coworkers

    Start a free company trial today

    Share article

    Sign up for our newsletter

    Stay ahead of development by receiving our newsletter on the latest sector knowledge.

    Newsletter terms

    Front page now

    On June 1, Senvion's former CFO Manav Sharma started as US country manager for Nordex. Soon he will have a new factory at his disposal. | Foto: Senvion

    Nordex restarts production in the US

    For subscribers

    Further reading