BOEM initiates review of 2.6-GW Vineyard Northeast offshore windfarm

BOEM estimates the proposed project would generate up to 2.6 GW of electricity.

On 25 March 2024, BOEM published a Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Construction and Operations Plan (COP) submitted by Vineyard Northeast LLC. This is the 13th COP review initiated under the Biden-Harris administration.

The approximately 132,370-acre lease area is located some 29 miles from Nantucket and approximately 47 km offshore Martha’s Vineyard, Mass.

The project will require the installation of up to 160 wind turbine generators, up to three electrical service platforms and one booster station in an adjacent lease area. It will also require two offshore export cable corridors – one to Connecticut and one to Massachusetts – and associated onshore transmission systems.