Vineyard Wind 1 is now at the center of a high-stakes legal disagreement, as it asks a judge to step in quickly to keep GE Renewables — a key contractor — from walking away just as the 806-megawatt project off the shores of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard is expected to begin full operations.

In a 22-page filing submitted April 8 in Suffolk Superior Court, Vineyard Wind said turbine and blade supplier GE Renewables is threatening to end its contracts, a move the company says could derail the entire project and leave behind a "dormant wind farm graveyard."

The developer is asking the court for two things: to rule that GE has no legal right to terminate its contracts, and to issue an emergency order to block GE from doing so while the dispute is resolved. A hearing was set for April 16.

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