Mass. Selects Vineyard Wind For 800-Megawatt Offshore Wind Farm
Vineyard Wind, a project backed by a Danish fund management company, has been chosen by the Baker administration and state utilities to build an 800-megawatt offshore wind farm off the southern coast of Martha's Vineyard, officials announced Wednesday…
"Today’s announcement brings the Commonwealth one step closer to achieving our administration’s goals of creating a clean, reliable and cost-effective energy future for Massachusetts residents, and significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions to combat climate change," Gov. Charlie Baker said in a statement.
Vineyard Wind has proposed to build its wind farm in waters 15 miles off the southern coast of Martha's Vineyard. The selection is contingent upon successful negotiations of a contract with Vineyard Wind, which is backed by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners and Avangrid Renewables…