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Agreement will allow for important data collection that will guide construction and O&M practices

Vineyard Wind, a joint venture between Avangrid Renewables, a subsidiary of AVANGRID, Inc. (NYSE: AGR), and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), today announced a new multi-year collaboration with the University of New Hampshire (UNH) to deploy a Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) device to record ambient sound and marine mammal species vocalizations in the OCS-A 501 lease area. The monitoring device will record underwater sound a minimum of 30 days before the start of offshore construction and will remain active through at least 3 years of operations and maintenance (O&M).  “As the first commercial scale offshore wind farm in the US,... ... More: Official Press Release Vineyard Wind

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