--- title: "Vineyard Wind 1" source: https://hafrok.com/projects/us-vineyard-wind-1/ identifier: us-vineyard-wind-1 updated: 2026-10-13 --- # Vineyard Wind 1 Source: https://hafrok.com/projects/us-vineyard-wind-1/ Data as of: 2026-10-13 Located approximately 24 km south of Nantucket, Massachusetts (14 miles / 23 km southeast of Martha's Vineyard per BOEM ROD). | Field | Value | |---|---| | Country | United States | | Sea basin | Northwest Atlantic | | Capacity | 806 MW | | Turbines | 62 | | Lifecycle stage | Operational | | Owners | Avangrid Renewables (Iberdrola) · CIP | | Coordinates | 41.35, -70.5 | | Commercial operation (announced) | 2026-04-24 | ## Milestones - **Consent granted** — 2021-05 (achieved) - **Final investment decision** — 2021-09-15 (achieved) - **Onshore construction** — 2021-11 (achieved) - **Offshore construction** — 2023-06 (achieved) - **First power** — 2024-01-02 (achieved) - **Commercial operation** — 2026-04-24 (achieved) ## Offtake 800 MW contracted — utility PPA - **Utility PPA · Massachusetts Section 83C Round 1** — $74/MWh · awarded 2018-05 ## Sources Every figure above traces to one of these. Quoted passages are held but not republished; follow the link for the original wording. - U.S. Department of the Interior / BOEM, 2021-05-11 — https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/biden-harris-administration-approves-first-major-offshore-wind-project-us-waters - U.S. Department of the Interior / BOEM, 2021-05-11 — https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/biden-harris-administration-approves-first-major-offshore-wind-project-us-waters - Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 2015-04-01 — https://www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/state-activities/massachusetts-leases-ocs-0500-bay-state-wind-and-ocs-0501 - Vineyard Wind (Avangrid / CIP), 2021-09-15 — https://www.vineyardwind.com/press-releases/2021/9/15/vineyard-wind-1-becomes-the-first-commercial-scale-offshore-wind-farm-in-the-us-to-achieve-financial-close - Vineyard Wind (Avangrid / CIP), 2024-01-03 — https://www.vineyardwind.com/press-releases/2024/1/3/cip-avangrid-announce-first-power-from-nation-leading-vineyard-wind-1-project - Vineyard Wind (Avangrid / CIP), 2023-06-07 — https://www.vineyardwind.com/press-releases/2023/6/7-vw-begins-turbine-foundation-installation - offshoreWIND.biz, 2026-03-16 — https://www.offshorewind.biz/2026/03/16/construction-of-vineyard-wind-1-completed/ - The Martha's Vineyard Times, 2026-03-03 — https://www.mvtimes.com/2026/03/03/vineyard-wind-construction-nears-completion/ - Vineyard Wind, 2020-10-29 — https://www.vineyardwind.com/press-releases/2020/10/29/vineyard-wind-reaches-transmission-agreement-with-iso-ne - Energy & Climate Counsel, 2018-05-24 — https://www.energyclimatecounsel.com/2018/05/24/massachusetts-selects-vineyard-wind-in-83c-rfp/ - Union of Concerned Scientists, 2018-08-01 — https://blog.ucs.org/john-rogers/low-price-offshore-wind-massachusetts/ - BOEM, 2024-02 — https://www.boem.gov/sites/default/files/documents/oil-gas-energy/leasing/Swiler%20Table%20-%20Offshore%20Wind%20Competitive%20Lease%20Sales.pdf - Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 2021-07-15 — https://www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/state-activities/massachusetts-leases-ocs-0500-bay-state-wind-and-ocs-0501 - The Vineyard Gazette, 2024-07-18 — https://vineyardgazette.com/news/2024/07/18/vineyard-wind-project-shut-down-over-broken-blade-setback - Utility Dive, 2024-07-16 — https://www.utilitydive.com/news/vineyard-wind-blade-failure-debris-nantucket-suspended/721814/ - WBUR, 2024-08-01 — https://www.wbur.org/news/2024/08/01/massachusetts-vineyard-wind-nantucket-debris - Wind Watch (via AP / OSW press), 2024-10-23 — https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2024/10/23/vineyard-wind-taking-down-more-blades-following-inspections/ - offshoreWIND.biz, 2025-03-04 — https://www.offshorewind.biz/2025/03/04/lightning-strike-zaps-damaged-vineyard-wind-1-turbine/ - Nantucket Current, 2025-07-11 — https://nantucketcurrent.com/news/town-reaches-10-5-million-settlement-with-ge-vernova-over-vineyard-wind-blade-failure - offshoreWIND.biz, 2019-08-13 — https://www.offshorewind.biz/2019/08/13/boem-further-delays-vineyard-wind-eis-decision/ - Federal Register (BOEM), 2020-06-12 — https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/06/12/2020-12822/notice-of-availability-of-a-supplement-to-the-draft-environmental-impact-statement-for-vineyard-wind - Vineyard Wind, 2020-12-14 — https://www.vineyardwind.com/press-releases/2020/12/14/vineyard-wind-statement-on-boems-acknowledgement-of-temporary-cop-withdrawal - offshoreWIND.biz, 2026-01-28 — https://www.offshorewind.biz/2026/01/28/court-clears-vineyard-wind-1-to-continue-construction/ - The Energy Mix, 2024-08 — https://www.theenergymix.com/shattered-turbine-blade-at-vineyard-wind-was-produced-in-gaspe-quebec/ - offshoreWIND.biz, 2025-01-21 — https://www.offshorewind.biz/2025/01/21/canada-made-ge-vernova-blades-to-be-removed-from-vineyard-wind-1-site/ - Vineyard Wind, 2025 — https://www.vineyardwind.com/partners - Vineyard Wind (Avangrid / CIP), 2021-11-19 — https://www.vineyardwind.com/press-releases/2021/11/19/vineyard-wind-breaks-ground-on-first-in-the-nation-commercial-scale-offshore-windfarm - The New Bedford Light, 2026-06-01 — https://newbedfordlight.org/judge-rules-again-for-vineyard-wind-in-its-dispute-with-ge-vernova/ - DTU Wind Energy / World Bank (Global Wind Atlas), 2026 — https://globalwindatlas.info/ - Vineyard Wind, 2018-05-23 — https://www.vineyardwind.com/news-and-updates/2018/5/23/vineyard-wind-selected-to-negotiate-contracts-to-deliver-clean-offshore-wind-power-to-massachusetts-electricity-customers - WBUR, 2025-07-25 — https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/07/25/vineyard-wind-turbines-construction - Iberdrola SA, 2025 — https://www.iberdrola.com/documents/20125/41740/Iberdrola_factbook_2025.pdf - Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), 2026-08-23 — https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/ocean-energy-management-bureau - GE Vernova, 2026-09-16 — https://www.gevernova.com/news/press-releases/vineyard-wind-ge-vernova-announce-resolution-commercial-litigation - offshoreWIND.biz, 2026-09-17 — https://offshorewind.biz/2026/09/17/vineyard-wind-ge-vernova-settle-dispute-ge-withdraws-termination-notice - MA DOER / EDCs, 2017 — https://macleanenergy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/section-83c-request-for-proposals-for-long-term-contracts-for-offshore-wind-energy-projects-june-29-2017.pdf --- Hafrok · https://hafrok.com/projects/us-vineyard-wind-1/ · please cite the page you took a figure from.