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A Giant Wind Farm Is Taking Root Off Massachusetts
- toomuchtodo 3y agohttps://www.vineyardwind.com/ https://www.vineyardwind.com/
- matthewdgreen 3y ago800 MW max nameplate capacity over 62 turbines, or about 6% of MA's summer generation (as of 2021.) Amazingly, the actual construction only takes a year, including the power lines which I assumed would be the time consuming piece. The next project is a similar 800 MW offshore wind project in CT, which will generate up to 14% of that state's electricity. Here's a list of planned projects in the US, which will total 19,158 MW on the East Coast alone before 2030 [1] assuming they all get built. The only good news about all these delays is that there is a learning curve: equipment and installation prices are getting cheaper. I would assume that future incremental expansion of these facilities will be cheaper than the initial construction. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_offshore_wind_farms_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_offshore_wind_farms_in...
- akadruid1 3y agoThe article notes this is the first large offshore wind farm outside Europe, but 800MW is big even by European standards. There are currently only 4 operational wind farms larger than 800MW - all in the UK - and only a couple more likely to come online before this one.
- vogon_laureate 3y agoThe NYT web team are doing splendid work on the presentation of longform with full-size images, html 5 video, etc.
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