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Feds pick New England's offshore wind development area, drawing cheers and questions alike
The federal government on Friday designated a large area off the New England coast for offshore wind production development, setting the stage for a possible lease sale within the Gulf of Maine. The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said in a statement that the New England zone, which renewable energy advocates have identified as crucial for the growth...
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1 turbine working but no power yet from lagging Vineyard Wind project
The calendar flipped to 2024 on Monday, but Massachusetts still has not gotten any power from the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm, the second time the project has failed to meet the “first power” target set by top officials. A spokesman for Avangrid, which along with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners makes up the Vineyard Wind 1 joint venture, said Tuesday…
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Vineyard's $4B offshore wind farm set to start generating green energy in Oct.
The first clean wind power generated by the Vineyard Wind 1 project is expected to flow onto the regional grid by mid-October and the first-in-the-nation offshore wind project should be fully operational by this time next year, project officials said Wednesday during a boat tour of the construction. Project developers have maintained for years that the $4 billion project they…
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This Mass. Town Once Lit the World With Whale Oil. Now It Wants to Do the Same With Wind Power
New Bedford aspires to light the world once again with offshore wind energy many years after exporting whale oil for lamps.