Lack of New England transmission 'tilts the field towards offshore wind'

A big pipeline of onshore wind projects is under development across northern New England, particularly northern Maine, with Iberdrola, EDP Renewables (EDPR) and NextEra hoping to tap the growing demand for renewable power in population centres such as Boston.

In Maine alone, 3.6GW of onshore projects are in the interconnection queue, more than five times the state’s current installed capacity.

Some of these developments — like the 600MW King Pine that Pattern Development acquired from SunEdison this month — may soon secure an off-taker as part of the tri-state request for proposal.

But