Mayflower Wind

The country's first commercial-scale offshore wind farm project has started laying cable offshore from its New Bedford operations base — even as two other large-scale wind projects in the state have pressed pause.

Final contracts with Vineyard Wind and Mayflower Wind are supposed to be submitted for Department of Public Utilities approval by April 27, 2022.

Two developers vying for the state's third offshore wind farm are each promising economic investment — Mayflower Wind in Fall River and now Vineyard Wind in Salem.

If its bid is selected as the third offshore wind farm in the state, Mayflower Wind plans to set up operations in Fall River and spend up to $81 million on economic development programs on the SouthCoast.

Is it wrong to root against the home team? Because I hope against hope all of this falls through. Windmills in the ocean are an eyesore, among other issues.

Lawmakers from D.C. and Beacon Hill were among those who showed up to a nearly empty New Bedford warehouse Thursday morning for a tour of Bristol Community College's latest project: a planned training facility for offshore wind green jobs.

Good luck to Martha's Vineyard, and good luck to the New Bedford fishing fleet. Your government is once again conspiring against you.

A Federal Tax Credit windfall will be passed on to customers, the company said.

The lease agreements commit the facility to full-time offshore wind work from 2023 into 2027 and are worth more than $32.5 million.

The Baker-Polito Administration announced that Mayflower Wind was selected to move forward to contract negotiations to provide 804 megawatts of offshore wind.