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Massachusetts steps closer to wind power

By: Matthew White 24/05/2018 Massachusetts Clean Energy

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Vineyard Wind has been announced as the winning bidder of the Massachsetts 83C Request for Proposals (RFP) by the Distribution Companies and Department of Energy Resources. The winning Vineyard Wind Bid 2 is for the construction of a 800MW wind farm 15 miles south of Martha's Vineyard within a 160,000 acre (647km²) lease area .
“Vineyard Wind is proud to be selected to lead the new Massachusetts offshore wind industry into the future,” said Lars Thaaning Pedersen, CEO of Vineyard Wind.

The acceptance of the bid and the award of a contract is conditional upon the successful negotiation of the contract and required regulatory approval at the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU), as provided in the Section 83C RFP. The date for submission of contracts for DPU approval is 31st July 2018.

Vineyard Wind LLC is a 50-50 joint venture between Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and Avangrid Renewables. The offshore wind development company is based in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Laura Beane, President and CEO of Avangrid Renewables commented, "Avangrid Renewables is excited to play a substantial role in the Vineyard Wind joint venture, which is poised to support hundreds of Operations and Maintenance jobs and create thousands of construction jobs while launching an exciting new industry in Massachusetts.”

“CIP is committed to continue to move forward with our plan to make Vineyard Wind the first operational large-scale offshore wind project in the United States,"said Torsten Lodberg Smed, Senior Partner with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners.

Vineyard Wind has already begun the federal permitting processes by filing an Environmental Notification Form (ENF) and Construction and Operations plan in December 2017. Last month the company also submitted the project’s Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) with state regulators which is available for public comment until 8th June.

Vineyard Wind is scheduled to begin construction in 2019 and become operational by 2021. When it is completed, it will reduce Massachusetts’ carbon emissions by over 1.6 million tons per year.

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