MARTHA’S VINEYARD, MASSACHUSETTS — The first “commercial scale” offshore wind farm is coming to the U.S.
The developers of the Vineyard Wind 1 project off Massachusetts announced on Dec. 1 that they will use General Electric’s massive Haliade-X wind turbines, the largest and most powerful offshore wind turbines in the world.
According to GE, each 13 MW Haliade-X turbine is capable of generating 312 megawatt-hours in one day. The turbine stands at 853 feet, or 260 meters tall. GE says a single spin of its 722-foot, or 220 meter, rotor can power a home for two days.
Vineyard Wind has leased a 160,000-acre area 15 miles from the south coast of Martha's Vineyard, an island off Massachusetts, according to the company’s website.
Vineyard Wind 1 will consist of 62 Haliade-X turbines spaced at least eight-tenths of a mile apart.
The 800 MW project will power about 400,000 houses in New England and should go online in 2023.
SOURCES: Interesting Engineering, Vineyard Wind, Union of Concerned Scientists, GE
https://interestingengineering.com/new-offshore-wind-turbine-to-power-a-house-for-2-days-with-a-single-spin
https://blog.ucsusa.org/john-rogers/new-wind-turbine-power-home-for-day-in-7-seconds
https://www.vineyardwind.com/vineyard-wind-1
https://www.vineyardwind.com/press-releases/2020/12/1/vineyard-wind-selects-ge-renewable-energy-as-preferred-turbine-supplier
https://www.ge.com/renewableenergy/wind-energy/offshore-wind/haliade-x-offshore-turbine
