Megawatt Wind Turbines Plymouth Next Week

“Plymouth project known as Future Generation Wind “

“Details about the ship’s arrival were not yet finalized Tuesday. A spokeswoman for ConEdison Solutions, the owner of the four-turbine project on a Plymouth farm, said the energy services company would comment when project plans were set.”

• New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal lands first customerShip carrying turbine components for Plymouth wind farm to use $113 million facility, expected to arrive Monday

• By Mike Lawrence

• mlawrence@s-t.com
  Posted Jun. 30, 2015 at 5:38 PM
  
  

  NEW BEDFORD — The much-debated Marine Commerce Terminal on the city’s southern shore could see its first customer next week, when a ship carrying turbine equipment for a small wind power project in Plymouth uses the $113 million facility, city leaders, state energy officials and owners of the project confirmed Tuesday.

  “The first boat coming in to use the terminal is coming on Monday,” said Catherine Williams, spokeswoman for the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, the state agency that manages the terminal. “We’re excited that this first customer is in the clean energy sector. It’s a milestone for the community, for the facility, for the city and for the state.”

  Mayor Jon Mitchell also confirmed the terminal’s use Tuesday morning, when he said turbine equipment soon would be offloaded at the 28-acre facility.

  Details about the ship’s arrival were not yet finalized Tuesday. A spokeswoman for ConEdison Solutions, the owner of the four-turbine project on a Plymouth farm, said the energy services company would comment when project plans were set.

  The state-invested terminal has taken its share of lumps this year.

  Matt Beaton, the state’s secretary of energy and environmental affairs, said in March that whether the terminal was worth its hefty price tag was “subject for debate.” Beaton’s comments came shortly after the end of a $4.5 million lease agreement between the Clean Energy Center and Cape Wind, a 130-turbine wind project that was planned for Nantucket Sound and expected to use the terminal as a staging area.

  With development of wind leases in federal waters south of Martha’s Vineyard still several years away, city and port officials in recent months have emphasized other uses for the terminal, such as heavy cargo.

  While the Plymouth project known as Future Generation Wind has a relatively small size of just four turbines, its significance for the city could be huge.

  Credit New Bedford Standard Times

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