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January 31, 2024

Among Vineyard Wind's legal hurdles, harassment of mammals

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Detail of an offshore wind turbine with monopile foundation and maintenance platform and lower part of the tower in the Windpark Noordoostpolder on the IJsselmeer in the Netherlands, Flevoland. Thorsten Schier

On 2 January, the Vineyard Wind 1 project started producing power for the United States grid, becoming the second commercial-scale offshore wind project to do so after South Fork Wind came online in December 2023. This significant milestone comes as the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit considers appeals in several lawsuits brought against the Vineyard project.

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