America's First Large-Scale Offshore Wind Project Finally Finishes Construction (wbur.org)
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- News link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/03/14/2225243/americas-first-large-scale-offshore-wind-project-finally-finishes-construction
- Source link: https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/03/14/vineyard-wind-construction-complete-massachusetts-offshore-wind
But it took a while... The plant's first construction delay happened [2]back in 2019 , they point out — and then "Just three months ago, when the project was 95% complete, the U.S. Interior Department issued a stop-work order." But after successfully challenging that order in court, and "with a stretch of good weather offshore, the developers behind the $4.5 billion project managed to get over the finish line."
[3]The Associated Press notes it was "one of five major East Coast offshore wind projects the Trump administration halted construction on days before Christmas, citing national security concerns."
> Developers and states sued, and federal judges allowed all five to resume construction, essentially concluding that the government did not show that the national security risk was so imminent that construction must halt. Another one of the five, Revolution Wind, began sending power for the first time to New England's electric grid on Friday and will scale up in the weeks ahead until it is fully operational.
"That project is nearly complete as well," [4]notes WBUR , "and will eventually be capable of powering up to 350,000 homes."
[1] https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/03/14/vineyard-wind-construction-complete-massachusetts-offshore-wind
[2] https://www.wbur.org/news/2019/07/30/vineyard-wind-environmental-impact-statement-delay
[3] https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/construction-finishes-major-offshore-wind-farm-first-trumps-tenure-rcna263492
[4] https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/03/14/vineyard-wind-construction-complete-massachusetts-offshore-wind
Target Practice (Score:1)
Yeah, until Kegsbreath and Trump decide to use it for target practice.
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pretty sure you mean cowardly Iranian drones
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I think the Iranians are desperately trying to avoid terrorist attacks on us soil.
The American people might not have learned anything from 9/11 but the Iranian government definitely did. If they commit a serious terrorist attack on America the public will let Trump do whatever the fuck he wants just like we let Bush Jr do whatever the hell he wanted. It would basically send a third term of Trump.
I'm sure that fact has not been lost on Donald Trump. And I'm sure it's not a coincidence that he fired h
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There have already been terror attacks in the past two weeks, inspired by this war.
national security concerns (Score:3)
aka donald trump's silly grudges
Cool, I guess? (Score:2)
So how is this going to affect consumer electrical rates in Massachusetts? Anybody documenting this?
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The only thing that ever become less expensive there was tea.
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According to filings I was able to find, The Commonwealth has a 20 year procurement contract with Vineyard Wind for 6.5c/kwh (2017 dollars, about 8.5c/kwh today). Or $85/MWh
In January the average wholesale electricity price was about $124/MWh.
This doesn't mean the average customer will see a ~30% drop in their utility bill of course, but this is definitely adding cheaper power to the market which in turn should bring utility bills down.
=Smidge=
Video of offshore wind turbine installation (Score:2)
[1]https://www.srviral.com/conten... [srviral.com]
Not how I thought it was done.
[1] https://www.srviral.com/contenido/videos2/aerogenerador.mp4
You know what? (Score:1)
I'm a fan of this!
Re: You know what? (Score:1)
I like how the summary says it can power 400k homes in the first paragraph and 350k homes in the last. I know how rounding works but that is funny. And of course cost is sort of mentioned but not compared to onshore options.
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> the summary says it can power 400k homes in the first paragraph and 350k homes in the last.
Try reading it again. It says the project can power 400k homes and then there is another project called Revolution Wind that will be able to power 350k.
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Wow... a whopping 350,000 homes (on a windy day)... what about the other 337.8 million?
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The rest can use whatever resources are nearby for them. Seattle uses hydroelectric. Nobody there gives a shit that a wind farm in Massachusetts doesn't power their apartment.
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> Wow... a whopping 350,000 homes (on a windy day)... what about the other 337.8 million?
My God, are there 337.8 million American homes without power today? You'd think that would have made the news or something.