GE Vernova fails to end Vineyard Wind work mandate in Massachusetts dispute

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Judge Peter Krupp maintains an injunction requiring GE Vernova to continue working on Vineyard Wind, rejecting arbitration and emphasizing project dependency on GE's expertise.
GE Vernova claims contractual right to terminate due to Vineyard Wind's nonpayment of $360 million, while Vineyard Wind argues losing GE would jeopardize the 806-megawatt project's viability.
Vineyard Wind is withholding hundreds of millions from GE Renewables US LLC after a 2024 turbine blade collapse and manufacturing flaws caused two years of project delays.

Court keeps injunction in place

As reported by Reuters, Suffolk County Superior Court Judge Peter Krupp on Monday declines to lift an earlier order requiring GE Vernova to continue work on Vineyard Wind and rejects the company's renewed effort to move the dispute into arbitration.

Krupp says nothing has changed since his April injunction and rules that Vineyard Wind is contractually allowed to pursue the case in court to seek urgent relief. The judge says the project still depends on GE's expertise and proprietary know-how to bring the turbines to operational capacity, and that allowing GE and more than 200 employees and subcontractors to leave would jeopardize financing.

The dispute centers on GE Vernova's claim that it has the contractual right to terminate its agreements because Vineyard Wind has not paid $360 million. GE Vernova says in a statement that it is proud of its work on the project and looks forward to next steps.

Payment fight clouds offshore wind project

Vineyard Wind, a joint venture between Spain's Iberdrola and Denmark's Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, argues that losing GE's servicing work would threaten the commercial viability of the 806-megawatt project and its 62 turbines.

The wind farm off Martha's Vineyard begins initial operations in February, after the developer earlier wins a federal court order blocking President Donald Trump's administration from halting construction. GE Vernova has already appealed Krupp's April injunction, but also argued that recent statements by Vineyard Wind and state officials describing the project as essentially complete show the developer would not face irreparable harm if GE exited.

Vineyard Wind says it is entitled to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars from GE Renewables US LLC after a turbine blade collapses in 2024 and falls into waters off Nantucket. The developer says the blade failure and a broader manufacturing flaw cause two years of delays because other blades have to be replaced.

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