New England states move forward with three giant offshore wind farms
Adds details about project ownership and state climate goals, paragraphs 3-7
NEW YORK, Sept 6 (Reuters) -Massachusetts and Rhode Island are moving ahead with three offshore wind projects totaling 2.9 gigawatts (GW), or enough electricity to power about 1.6 million homes, government officials announced on Friday.
The project selections, following a joint solicitation in March forwind farms to be built off of New England's shores, move Massachusetts and Rhode Island closer to state renewable energy goals aimed at combating the effects of climate change.
"We are taking an important step towards energy independence, cleaner air and transforming our economy," Governor Maura Healey said in a statement.
The U.S. offshore wind industry has stabilized in the second half of 2024,after a disastrous pervious year that saw developerscancel multiple projectcontracts and take$9.1 billion in write-offs and impairments on abandoned projects.
New England's newly selected offshore projectsinclude SouthCoast Wind, NewEngland Wind 1 and Vineyard Wind 2. Avangrid is behind New England Wind 1, Southcoast is backed by a joint venture between EDP Energias de Portugal EDP.LS and Engie ENGIE.PA and Vineyard Wind 2 is being developed by Vineyard Offshore, which is held by funds managed by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners.
The projects are expected to begin delivering power in around the end of the decade.
Federal and state climate pledges have largely centered around decarbonizing electrical grids by replacing fossil-fired power with renewable wind and solar. Massachusetts aims to slash its power sector's carbon emissions by 50% by 2030 and 100% by 2050. The much smaller Rhode Island has set a goal to use all renewables by 2033.
Reporting by Laila Kearney; editing by Jonathan Oatis and David Gregorio
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