Magnetic Field Monitoring at Covell’s beach
In early 2024, Vineyard Wind 1 received a request from the Town of Barnstable to proactively take magnetic field measurements at Covell’s Beach. While no permitting or other requirements exist to conduct magnetic field monitoring at the Town’s request, and as part of Vineyard Wind 1’s longstanding effort to be a good community partner and neighbor to the town, the project agreed to conduct magnetic field measurements at the beach and make the results available to the public. Vineyard Wind 1 has contracted with Gradient to perform the magnetic field readings at Covell’s Beach. Below are the readings that have been taken thus far.
Magnetic Field Readings
May 23, 2024: Baseline readings were taken at various points on the beach and in the parking lot. This testing was done while all Vineyard Wind 1 electrical infrastructure was turned off. Results found very little existing magnetic fields at the beach at any of the locations that is natural or unassociated with the Vineyard Wind 1 infrastructure. Most readings were between 0-1 milligauss (mG), while the highest readings in the parking lot were approximately 2 mG.
Summary of magnetic field measurement results at Covell’s beach: June 14, 2024
Notes: mG=milligauss. NA= not applicable because no measurements made.
(1) There are two mean and maximum results that correspond to the two measurement events for each transect.
Click the button below to learn more about the technical aspects of the installation of Vineyard Wind 1: