Wind Turbines in Mass

[GW2500]

In Chelsea or Everett?

By gw2500 at 2012-02-20

By gw2500 at 2012-02-20

 

[BostonUrbEx]

It's in Everett, at the MWRA pump.

EDIT: If you want to get technical, it's actually on a spit of land that is a part of the city of Boston. It's a bit odd.

 

[choo]

ya Charlestown. 1.5 MW. In Kingston the MBTA put up one 2 MW one at the CR station, and the neighbor put up 3 more of the same. bad ass (IMHO)

 

[palindrome]

Is that the one seen from McClellan highway?

 

[BostonUrbEx]

Is that the one seen from McClellan highway?

That would be a failed (I think?) condo (I think?) project in Chelsea. Right off Crescent Ave, on the Chelsea Creek.

 

[stick n move]

Couldnt find a vineyard wind thread, but this title fits for a general wind thread under infrastructure.

Vineyard Wind project ends the fight between labor and environmentalists

This month, with the signing of a project labor agreement to begin work on the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind project, the state is a leader once again — in the 21st-century clean energy revolution.

https://news.google.com/articles/CBMicGh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmJvc3Rvbmdsb2JlLmNvbS8yMDIxLzA3LzIzL29waW5pb24vdmluZXlhcmQtd2luZC1wcm9qZWN0LWVuZHMtZmlnaHQtYmV0d2Vlbi1sYWJvci1lbnZpcm9ubWVudGFsaXN0cy_SAX9odHRwczovL3d3dy5ib3N0b25nbG9iZS5jb20vMjAyMS8wNy8yMy9vcGluaW9uL3ZpbmV5YXJkLXdpbmQtcHJvamVjdC1lbmRzLWZpZ2h0LWJldHdlZW4tbGFib3ItZW52aXJvbm1lbnRhbGlzdHMvP291dHB1dFR5cGU9YW1w?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US:en

 

[themissinglink]

I'm a little late with posting this, Vineyard Wind broke ground on 11/18.

 

[stellarfun]

Salem chosen today as the second port for offshore wind projects in Massachusetts. As I read this, this is the second offshore wind project, and is 1200 megawatts. Cost is $2 billion.

The first is for 800 megawatts. is closer to Martha's Vineyard, and the staging port is New Bedford.

https://www.salem.com/mayors-office...driscoll-regarding-offshore-wind-announcement

https://www.salem.com/home/news/vineyard-wind-partnership-salem-harbor-port

 

[ssresident]

The turbine in Kingston next to Route 3 is coming down: https://www.patriotledger.com/story...wind-turbine-independence-removed/8931222002/

 

[stellarfun]

More on the offshore windfarm contracts.

Two waterfront sites in Salem and Somerset that were once home to giant coal-burning plants will soon play crucial roles in the transition to wind power under new contracts announced by state officials on Friday.

Commonwealth Wind, an offshore wind proposal from Avangrid, won utility contracts to finance towering turbines that will together generate roughly 1,200 megawatts of electricity, enough for 600,000-plus homes. Commonwealth Wind will go up in federal waters more than 20 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard, not far from a sister project called Vineyard Wind. Avangrid plans to use the old coal-plant site on Salem Harbor as a staging area for wind turbine assemblies for Commonwealth Wind.

The contract win also prompted a commitment from Italian manufacturer Prysmian Group to build a cable factory at the former Brayton Point power plant site in Somerset, creating as many as 200 jobs.

Mayflower Wind, Commonwealth Wind, and the 800-megawatt Vineyard Wind collectively represent 3,200 megawatts. That’s enough power for more than 1.6 million homes, or roughly one-quarter of the state’s electricity demand. Vineyard Wind is furthest along of any utility-scale offshore wind farm in the country, with a groundbreaking ceremony held last month and a completion date of 2023. The other two will take five to seven years to permit and build.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/12...5615983&s_campaign=todaysheadlines:newsletter

The exhaust stack height for the new natural gas-fired generating plant at the center of the photo, and surrounded by a high berm against coastal flooding, is 230 feet.

 

[stick n move]

Massachusetts Selects 2 Projects, Doubling Offshore Wind Commitment

“BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts is doubling its commitment to offshore wind energy.

Gov. Charlie Baker’s administration said Friday that it has agreed to purchase an additional 1,600 megawatts as part of its third round of bidding for offshore wind power. That brings the total to be procured by the state from wind energy to 3,200 megawatts, or enough to power 1.6 million homes, the administration said.

“Massachusetts has been a national leader in the offshore wind industry and today’s announcement is another major milestone,” Baker said in a statement Friday.

The governor’s office said it will buy 1,200 megawatts of power from Vineyard Wind and the 400 megawatts from Mayflower Wind. Both offshore wind developer developers already have state contracts to provide wind energy to the state….”

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2021/12/18/massachusetts-doubling-offshore-wind-commitment/?amp

 

[stick n move]

Vineyard Wind components arrive in New Bedford

Visible step forward for US offshore wind industry

“THE NATION’S fledgling offshore wind industry took a very visible step forward on Thursday as a ship from Portugal delivered components for the first US industrial-scale wind farm to the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal.

The UHL Felicity bought in tower components for the giant General Electric wind turbines that will be assembled at the Marine Commerce Terminal and then transported out to the wind farm known as Vineyard Wind. The wind farm is expected to partially open later this year. The Felicity navigated New Bedford’s hurricane barrier in the late afternoon and then docked at the terminal with the help of tugboats.


Vineyard Wind is a joint venture of Avangrid and Copenhagen Partners. The two companies are hosting a press conference at the Marine Commerce Terminal on Thursday and will be joined by New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell, Vineyard Wind CEO Klaus Moeller, and Rep. Antonio Cabral of New Bedford.”

https://commonwealthmagazine.org/energy/vineyard-wind-components-arrive-in-new-bedford/

 

[Justbuildit]

Not a ton of action in this thread, but notable that the country's largest *offshore* wind project was not only approved recently, but has completed its first of 62 turbines just offshore of Nantucket/Martha's Vineyard. My understanding is that they'll begin to generate power as they come online since the huge offshore transformer station was finished over summer and is already connected to the mainland. Completion is expected within a year.

Each of the turbines is nearly as tall as the Hancock, some of the largest turbines in the world.

Avangrid, CIP Announce Successful Installation of the First Turbine for Vineyard Wind 1 — Vineyard Wind

GE Haliade-X Is First of 62 Wind Turbines for First-in-the-Nation Project that Will Power More than 400,000 Homes and Businesses in Massachusetts

www.vineyardwind.com

 

[Justbuildit]

As of late last night, Vineyard Wind is operational! Only ~5 of 806 MW currently going to the grid, but it'll get ramped up as more turbines get connected. New era for local power generation, moving us to a brighter future.

With a flip of the switch, offshore wind energy enters New Englandâs grid - The Boston Globe

Wind power from south of Martha’s Vineyard was delivered to the New England grid late Tuesday night — a step Governor Maura Healey hailed as “a historic moment for the American offshore wind industry.”

www.bostonglobe.com

 

[Kinopio]

I remember doing a report on Cape Wind in college in 2005. Almost 20 years later we finally have offshore wind.

 

[ritchiew]

I saw this in New Bedford over the weekend, and always forget just how huge these wind turbines are. Here are blades and a tower on a barge. Plus an extreme crop so you can see how tiny the people are on deck. Awesome to see.

 

[stick n move]

Installation of Vineyard Wind 1 Project’s Electrical Service Platform Underway​

“Sandwich, MA – Chapman Construction Group, Inc. (CCGI) has been awarded and is underway with construction operations associated with the completion of offshore construction, installation and commissioning of the 800MW Vineyard Wind 1 project’s electrical service platform (ESP).

The wind farm will be located approximately 14 miles southeast of Martha’s Vineyard and 35 miles off the Cape Cod peninsula. CCGI is working as a labor consultant and subcontractor with Tier 1 EPCI contractors Semco Maritime and Bladt Industries in the construction of the substation. CCGI’s project team is headed by principal Vicki Chapman and Dianne Smith.

The electrical service platform will provide electrical power generated from the Vineyard Wind project, which will be comprised of an array of 62 wind turbine generators to be installed on monopiles in water depths ranging from 121 to 181 feet in the Atlantic Ocean. Once the electrical service platform is fully constructed and installed, two submarine export cables will transport the electricity to export cable landing points on Cape Cod, in the town of Barnstable, and will connect to a Vineyard Wind onshore substation in Hyannis and then interconnect with an existing, adjacent Eversource substation.

The 3,200-ton electrical service platform was transported via ship to the offshore Vineyard Wind 1 site from Denmark, where the headquarters of Semco Maritime and Bladt Industries are located….”

https://www.high-profile.com/instal...rojects-electrical-service-platform-underway/

 

[Nyeuthi]

I remember doing a report on Cape Wind in college in 2005. Almost 20 years later we finally have offshore wind.

This brings me back to my undergrad days as well. One of my main academic engineering project papers focused on the design of different offshore turbine supports, and the associated scale model construction and testing at a hydraulic lab to test the impacts of various fluid dynamic forces. To see this project coming online almost 13 yrs later definitely hits in a different way. Glad that Mass is taking the lead on this!

 

[Justbuildit]

With 21 of 62 turbines online, Vineyard Wind just became the nation’s most productive offshore wind farm. Lots more to come, but this energy is available right now to all outlets in New England.

Vineyard Wind 1 just became the US's largest operating offshore wind farm

Five more wind turbines just came online at Vineyard Wind 1, making it the largest operating offshore wind farm in the US.

electrek.co

 

[RandomWalk]

I think they have hit the limit of turbines available with the inter array cables installed. Until they get a cable layer on site to install more cables, work on the farm is probably going to slow down.