Offshore wind engineering outfit Wood Thilsted is to provide detailed design for Avangrid Renewables’ two offshore wind projects in New England, US.
The portfolio of projects includes Park City Wind, which will provide 804MW to Connecticut, and Commonwealth Wind, which was selected in December 2021 to bring 1200MW to Massachusetts.
“Park City Wind and Commonwealth Wind represent a historic opportunity for Connecticut, Massachusetts, and the entire New England region, and we are pleased to partner with Wood Thilsted to ensure these projects are designed to maximise their enormous potential,” said Bill White, president and CEO of Avangrid Renewables Offshore.
Matt Palmer, president of Wood Thilsted USA (pictured on right, at end), added: “For both Park City Wind and Commonwealth Wind, we will fully utilise our all-embracing knowledge of marine/wind/soil conditions to produce the safest, most efficient and cost-effective design for the project’s wind turbines.”
Wood Thilsted has five employees in its US office in Quincy, Massachusetts, two of whom joined in March 2022.
Driven by the ongoing work on Park City and Commonwealth Wind, the company said it expects the number of employees to grow to 12-14 by the end of this year.