Vineyard Wind 1 is an offshore wind farm under construction in U.S. federal waters in the Atlantic Ocean in Bureau of Ocean Energy Management-designated Lease Area OCS-A 0520, about 13 nautical miles -15 miles (24 km) south of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket, Massachusetts. The array will include 62 wind turbines with an nameplate capacity of 804 MW, enough power for about 400,000 homes.[2][3][4] The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities approved the project in 2019.[5] Construction began on November 18, 2021.[6]
