Vineyard Wind reaches transmission agreement for 800 MW wind project off the coast of Massachusetts

After receiving final authorization from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Vineyard Wind, a joint venture between Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners and Avangrid Renewables, has executed an agreement with ISO New England (ISO-NE) to deliver clean, renewable, and cost-effective energy to the grid once its Vineyard Wind 1 project comes online.

Vineyard Wind 1, an 800 megawatt (MW) offshore wind farm to be located 15 miles off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard, is slated to be the first commercial-scale offshore wind farm in the United States. The project will generate cost-competitive electricity for more than 400,000 homes and businesses across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and is expected to reduce carbon emissions by more than 1.6 million tons per year.