With the start of the new year, Vineyard Wind missed its 2023 goal to begin delivering power to the state.
The State House News Service first reported that while the project’s current turbines generated power on Sunday evening, additional testing was needed before wind energy could be sent to the grid.
It’s still unclear when the offshore wind project would add power to the grid.
“On Sunday evening, Vineyard Wind was able to reach a significant milestone by successfully energizing the first turbine on the nation-leading project,” an Avangrid spokesperson told the Times in an email statement Tuesday. “This follows a series of major milestones already achieved on the project, including the activation of the onshore substation, laying of 73-km length export cable connecting the project…
