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Dignitaries gathered at the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal on Thursday to celebrate the arrival of wind-turbine components for Vineyard Wind.
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The first massive parts of an offshore wind turbine for Vineyard Wind arrived in New Bedford from Europe yesterday.The wind farm of 62 turbines to be installed south of Martha’s Vineyard will be the first large-scale offshore wind development in the United States.
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Meanwhile, the first six monopile foundations are already loaded on a vessel for the two-week trip across the Atlantic from Germany.
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On Tuesday, workers for Vineyard Wind pulled the second of two cable lines ashore through a conduit under Covell’s Beach in Barnstable.
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America’s first major offshore wind farm, Vineyard Wind, will have 62 turbines standing taller than the Boston skyline. Workers are laying undersea cables now, and the turbines are scheduled for installation next summer, 15 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard.
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The laying of cable is a slow process and requires two vessels: one to unroll miles of cable, and another to bury the cable below the seabed 5 to 8 feet.
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A U.S. District Court judge in Boston issued a permanent injunction Wednesday in a patent infringement case against General Electric, maker of the Haliade-X turbine.
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The group filed the lawsuit on behalf of fishing companies in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New York. They include the 49 members of Northeast Fishery Sector 13, plus four other fishing businesses and the Long Island Commercial Fishing Association.
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In a milestone for renewable energy in the United States, Vineyard Wind supporters filled a big white tent Thursday at Covell’s Beach in Centerville for a ceremonial groundbreaking for America’s first large offshore farm.
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Annie Hawkins, executive director of the Responsible Offshore Development Alliance, says fishermen spent years going to meetings about Vineyard Wind, only to have their concerns largely ignored.