Avangrid Hosts Federal Leadership at New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal
26 Fevereiro 2024 - 4:57PM
Business Wire
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
officials tour control and marine operations centers and staging
activities for first-in-the-nation Vineyard Wind 1 project
Avangrid, Inc. (NYSE: AGR), a leading sustainable energy company
and member of the Iberdrola Group, hosted Bureau of Safety and
Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Director Kevin Sligh and other
agency leadership for a tour of the New Bedford Marine Commerce
Terminal on Wednesday, February 21, 2024. The Terminal serves as
the staging port and offshore control and marine coordination
center for the first-in-the-nation Vineyard Wind 1 project.
“The New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal is the foundation for
our operations in pioneering Vineyard Wind 1, the first large-scale
offshore wind project in the United States,” said Avangrid CEO
Pedro Azagra. “Our team was grateful for the opportunity to
showcase the groundbreaking operations taking place at the port to
BSEE Director Sligh and his staff, highlighting the hard work of
the men and women building this historic project. Our success on
Vineyard Wind 1 is not possible without strong support and
collaboration from our federal partners, and we look forward to
continued engagement with BSEE as the project moves to the
operational stage.”
“The control and marine coordination centers we visited today
provide vital information to developers about the performance of
their windfarms, and they will also be critical to BSEE in our role
as the lead federal regulator for ensuring safe and environmentally
responsible offshore wind operations,” said BSEE Director
Kevin Sligh. “The BSEE team is currently evaluating the centers and
exploring ways to perform oversight of activities in a sound and
practical way while allowing the developers to maximize power
production and satisfy their regulatory obligations.”
The New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal serves as the staging
and assembly port for turbine components, and the central command
for assigning and tracking working vessels and monitoring personnel
working offshore. Operations at the terminal are vital to ensuring
safe, coordinated operations, and allowing the operator to remain
aware of all vessel activities and needs.
The Vineyard Wind 1 control center, which is housed in
conjunction with the marine coordination center, serves as point
for the management of assets located miles away offshore.
While touring the centers, BSEE leaders also visited the staging
port where the turbine components – blades, tower, and nacelles –
are stored and assembled prior to being shipped offshore for
installation.
From the outset of this project, Vineyard Wind recognized the
importance of building and supporting a workforce of local, highly
skilled, and diverse tradespeople. The valuable collaboration with
union leadership on this project is a prime example of how this new
industry can be a responsive member of the communities it serves,
ensuring accessible and family-sustaining careers.
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. Construction flows through the New
Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal. 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 through the project. In December 2023, project
shareholders announced that Vineyard Wind 1 has delivered nearly
double of its commitment through the PLA by creating 937 union jobs
through two years of construction.
An 806-megawatt project located 15 miles off the coast of
Martha’s Vineyard, Vineyard Wind will generate electricity for more
than 400,000 homes and businesses in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, create 3,600 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) job years,
save customers $1.4 billion over the first 20 years of operation,
and is expected to reduce carbon emissions by more than 1.6 million
metric tons per year, the equivalent of taking 325,000 cars off the
road annually.
About Avangrid: Avangrid, Inc. (NYSE: AGR) aspires to be
the leading sustainable energy company in the United States.
Headquartered in Orange, CT with approximately $44 billion in
assets and operations in 24 U.S. states, Avangrid has two primary
lines of business: networks and renewables. Through its networks
business, Avangrid owns and operates eight electric and natural gas
utilities, serving more than 3.3 million customers in New York and
New England. Through its renewables business, Avangrid owns and
operates a portfolio of renewable energy generation facilities
across the United States. Avangrid employs approximately 8,000
people and has been recognized by JUST Capital in 2021, 2022, 2023
and 2024 as one of the JUST 100 companies – a ranking of America’s
best corporate citizens. In 2024, Avangrid ranked first among
utilities and 12 overall. The company supports the U.N.’s
Sustainable Development Goals and was named among the World’s Most
Ethical Companies in 2023 for the fifth consecutive year by the
Ethisphere Institute. Avangrid is a member of the group of
companies controlled by Iberdrola, S.A. For more information, visit
www.avangrid.com.
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