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The first wind turbines installed in U.S. Atlantic federal waters began turning in December, little more than a month after the drama of Orsted canceling a flagship project. Orsted's Oct. 31 announcement backing out of its 1,100-megawatt Ocean Wind project off New Jersey shocked industry advocates and critics alike. Yet on Dec. 6 Orsted turned on its first of 12 turbines for the South Fork Wind project, 35 miles off the east end of Long Island, laying claim to the first energy flowing from a federal waters wind power project into New York state's power grid. With completion anticipated in 2024, South Fork would have a maximum nameplate power rating of 130 megawatts. That same day Avangrid, a partner with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners in the 806-MW Vineyard Wind project, said they had erected five of 62 GE Haliade-X turbines and aimed to be delivering first power into Massachusetts by the end of 2023. |