Operation of America's first commercial offshore wind power farm now will not happen in 2022, as feared after federal officials said Feb. 11 that they expect a 16-month delay in issuing a final environmental impact statement for the Vineyard Wind project in Massachusetts waters.
“While we need to analyze what a longer permitting timeline will mean for beginning construction, commercial operation in 2022 is no longer expected,” Lars Pedersen, CEO of Vineyard Wind said in a statement about the $2.8 -million, 800-MW project that is sited 15 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard.