Avangrid, CIP Install First Turbine in Massachusetts Venture

Avangrid Inc (AGR.N), a renewable energy company within the Iberdrola Group (IBE.MC), and fund manager Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), said on Wednesday their Vineyard Wind 1 joint venture in Massachusetts has installed its first GE Haliade-X wind turbine generator.

The turbine, with a nameplate capacity of 13 megawatts, is capable of providing power to more than 6,000 homes and businesses in the state, the companies said in a statement.

The project entails the installation of 62 wind turbines which can provide 806 MW to power almost 400,000 Massachusetts homes and businesses.

Vineyard Wind began offshore construction in late 2022 and completed the first U.S. offshore substation in July, the companies said.