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Two offshore wind giants have put their monthslong legal dispute to rest.
Vineyard Wind and its turbine supplier, GE Vernova, this week announced they reached an “amicable settlement” that resolves “all outstanding litigation.” Vineyard Wind sued the supplier in April, alleging GE Vernova was breaching its contract and planning to abandon the project before completing final commissioning work to bring any remaining turbines online.
Vineyard Wind said it was owed more than $800 million from GE Vernova stemming from construction delays due to the catastrophic blade failure in 2024. GE Vernova said Vineyard Wind owed it more than $300 million.
In June, a judge in Boston ruled in Vineyard Wind’s favor, blocking GE Vernova from exiting the contract agreement to service and maintain the turbines. GE Vernova appealed the ruling in July, and as recently as Aug. 31 filed documents asking the higher court to overturn the Superior Court judge’s ruling.
The companies issued identical statements which said GE Vernova withdrew its notice of contract termination, and “both parties have agreed to dismiss all pending legal claims.” They said the terms of the settlement agreement are confidential.
Filings from Wednesday show the parties filed for dismissal with prejudice, meaning it is permanently dismissed in Superior Court. It also means the injunction issued in June is no longer in effect.
Vineyard Wind said “all turbines are capable of producing power,” though it is not clear whether that means they are fully commissioned. This spring, Vineyard Wind attorneys said the project was far from producing the power it contractually promised to deliver. In May, the project’s CEO in a filing said the project “cannot survive at its current levels of actual power production.”
When Light reporters visited the wind farm in early May for about one hour, they counted only about 15 of the 62 turbines spinning.
The Light contacted Vineyard Wind on Thursday asking for average output this month. According to federal data, the project’s output in the second quarter (April, May and June) of 323,600 megawatt-hours was a slight decrease from the first quarter (January, February and March), when it sold about 358,000 megawatt-hours of energy. Generally, output is higher in the winter, when wind speeds are higher.
When the project was still under construction last spring (April, May and June of 2025), Vineyard Wind sold about 57,000 megawatt hours of energy.
Email Anastasia E. Lennon at alennon@newbedfordlight.org.
In court filings from mid-2026, Vineyard Wind CEO Klaus Møller warned that the “Project cannot survive at its current levels of actual power production” and that its financial viability was at risk. This led to public concern that the project was failing or no longer viable
There we go again it’s not producing what it said it was going to be producing so that means our electric bills will still be higher
Coming from a far left liberal Massachusetts Court, the fix is in, all utility customers will end up absorbing the cost.
Vineyard Wind has a 20-year contract outlining how much Eversource will pay for the electricity. Whatever happens in or out of court does not affect that contract price. Also, the project was funded by private investors. If it goes belly up, it is the investors who lose their investment, not ratepayers.
At the same time, if these wind projects fail, that means New England will be more reliant on natural gas for electricity production. THAT dependence will certainly lead to higher prices. So if Vineyard Wind fails, yes, we will be paying more for electricity. But not because we were the investors. We would lose because there would be less competition in the electricity generation market.