The Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind project, the state’s only active project and one that is already years behind its original schedule, is now exporting power from 17 of its planned 62 turbines and plans have construction completed by the end of the year.
The news came in a quarterly investor report Wednesday from Iberdrola, the parent company of the project’s 50-50 owner Avangrid. The New Bedford Light previously reported on the announcement, and said it had also reviewed satellite images that showed at least 40 turbines have been installed so far.
“In the U.S., more than one-third of Vineyard Wind 1 turbines are already installed, with more than 25 percent of them already exporting energy,” Iberdrola Executive Chairman Ignacio Sánchez Galán said during the investor presentation…