The offshore wind power industry could establish a strong base in southern New England with the choice by Massachusetts and Rhode Island to have Vineyard Wind and Deepwater Wind develop 1.2 gigawatts on federal leases. Vineyard Wind, a partnership between European offshore wind developers Avangrid Renewables and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), proposes an 800-megawatt array south of Martha's Vineyard. Deepwater Wind would send up to 400 MW of power ashore to Rhode Island from its planned Revolution Wind project in federal waters south of the two states.
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