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Avangrid, CIP Announce Successful Installation of the First Turbine for Vineyard Wind 1

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Wednesday, October 18, 2023
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  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231018113020/en/
    The final blade is installed on the first GE Haliade-X Turbine for the Vineyard Wind 1 Project.
  • “Vineyard Wind is the future of American offshore wind, and it’s a future full of clean, sustainable energy and tremendous potential for job creation and reducing carbon pollution.
  • Vineyard Wind began offshore construction in late 2022, achieved steel-in-the-water in June, and completed the nation’s first offshore substation in July.
  • In July 2021, Vineyard Wind signed the first Project Labor Agreement for an offshore wind project in the United States, which outlined the creation of 500 union jobs though the project.

Avangrid’s Vineyard Wind 1 Begins Wind Turbine Installation Campaign

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Tuesday, September 12, 2023
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Avangrid, Inc. (NYSE: AGR), a leading sustainable energy company and member of the Iberdrola Group, today announced the start of the wind turbine installation campaign for Avangrid’s Vineyard Wind 1 project.

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  • Avangrid, Inc. (NYSE: AGR), a leading sustainable energy company and member of the Iberdrola Group, today announced the start of the wind turbine installation campaign for Avangrid’s Vineyard Wind 1 project.
  • The installation campaign follows the successful transportation earlier this week of the first GE Haliade-X Wind Turbine Generator (WTG) from the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal to the wind energy development area more than 30 miles off the coast of Cape Cod.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230912575267/en/
    Components of the first GE Haliade-X turbine transported through the hurricane barrier in New Bedford en route to the wind energy area off the coast of Massachusetts.
  • Photo Credit: Worldview Films
    “Over the past year, we have achieved significant milestones in the development of Avangrid’s Vineyard Wind 1, but the installation of the project’s first turbine stands as a singular landmark for offshore wind, clean energy, and climate action in the United States,” said Avangrid CEO Pedro Azagra.