by Bruce Mohl, CommonWealth Beacon October 22, 2024 THE ITALIAN COMPANY seeking to build an offshore wind cable manufacturing plant at Brayton Point in Somerset has a big decision to make. Prysmian Group has nearly all of the permits it needs for a factory that a year ago was being called a $300 million project. […]
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Will offshore wind really drive electric bills down?
by Bruce Mohl, CommonWealth Beacon WHEN SHE ANNOUNCED a massive procurement of offshore wind earlier this month, Gov. Maura Healey promised the purchase would create a stronger economy, bolster economic development, and, “importantly, lower electricity costs for our residents and our businesses.” The last part of that promise – about lowering electricity costs – seems […]
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Big wind farm project in doubt
by Bruce Mohl, CommonWealth BeaconSeptember 9, 2024 VINEYARD OFFSHORE hinted on Monday that its proposed 1,200-megawatt offshore wind farm may not move forward unless Connecticut steps up to contract for the 400 megawatts not procured by Massachusetts. Gov. Maura Healey on Friday said Massachusetts would procure 800 megawatts of the proposed project, but no one […]
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Feds say Vineyard Wind not expected to cause whale deaths
by Michael P. Norton // State House News Service, CommonWealth BeaconAugust 26, 2024 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT issued a new “biological opinion” on the offshore wind power project being constructed off Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket, finding that pile-driving noise associated with Vineyard Wind 1 is likely to adversely affect, but not likely to jeopardize, the continued […]
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Vineyard Wind says it is resuming construction
by Bruce Mohl, CommonWealth BeaconAugust 13, 2024 Vineyard Wind said it has obtained federal approval to resume construction of the wind farm – work that was suspended following the partial collapse of a previously installed turbine blade on July 13. A press release issued at 7 a.m. Tuesday morning said the Bureau of Safety and […]