Powerful Offshore Turbine Picked for U.S. Wind Project

Located south of Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard is known as a summer destination for the rich and famous. But if the island is where well-heeled vacationers go to recharge their batteries, it's set to soon be associated with another kind of energy altogether: a wind farm that's slated for installation some 15 miles offshore in the Atlantic Ocean. The 800-megawatt Vineyard Wind 1, as the project is called, will be the first utility-scale offshore wind project in the U.S. It is scheduled to start supplying clean energy to Massachusetts homes and businesses in 2023.

The wind farm will generate that energy with the help of a powerful new machine: Vineyard Wind announced that it had selected GE Renewable Energy as the preferred turbine supplier for the project. The preferred turbine? GE's Haliade-X - the most powerful offshore wind turbine in operation. "This is a huge moment not only for the future of our project, but also for the future of an industry that is poised for exponential growth in the coming decades," said Vineyard Wind CEO Lars T. Pedersen.

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