Massachusetts and Rhode Island announce new round of wind farms, smaller than they’d hoped
Boston Globe|Jon Chesto |Sep 6, 2024
Massachusetts and Rhode Island officials announced on Friday the newest offshore wind winners in the biggest contest yet in New England for contracts to build these massive projects, but the total energy procurements fell far short of what state officials had hoped to line up.
Massachusetts and Rhode Island officials announced on Friday the newest offshore wind winners in the biggest contest yet in New England for contracts to build these massive projects, but the total energy procurements fell far short of what state officials had hoped to line up.
Massachusetts and Rhode Island officials announced on Friday the newest offshore wind winners in the biggest contest yet in New England for contracts to build these massive projects, but the total energy procurements fell far short of what state officials had hoped to line up.
Three offshore wind projects, all planned for waters south of Martha’s Vineyard, won the rights to contracts to provide 2,700 megawatts to Massachusetts ratepayers — enough to power roughly 1.4 million homes.
These procurement totals would be divided among SouthCoast Wind (owned by the Ocean Winds joint venture), New England Wind 1 (Avangrid’s former Park City Wind), and Vineyard Wind 2 (developed by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners). Massachusetts officials had …
... more [truncated due to possible copyright]Massachusetts and Rhode Island officials announced on Friday the newest offshore wind winners in the biggest contest yet in New England for contracts to build these massive projects, but the total energy procurements fell far short of what state officials had hoped to line up.
Three offshore wind projects, all planned for waters south of Martha’s Vineyard, won the rights to contracts to provide 2,700 megawatts to Massachusetts ratepayers — enough to power roughly 1.4 million homes.
These procurement totals would be divided among SouthCoast Wind (owned by the Ocean Winds joint venture), New England Wind 1 (Avangrid’s former Park City Wind), and Vineyard Wind 2 (developed by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners). Massachusetts officials had hoped to procure up to 3,600 megawatts in this round. SouthCoast Wind also won the rights to provide 200 megawatts to Rhode Island ratepayers, also much less than what Rhode Island officials sought.