PROVIDENCE – It came an hour and 40 minutes into a hearing on the latest offshore wind farm to move through the Rhode Island certification process, and the allegation was nothing new. Opponents of the ...
THREE MILES OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF BLOCK ISLAND – The Block Island Wind Farm should serve as a model for the rest of the country, U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm told reporters during a ...
NEW SHOREHAM, R.I. (AP/WPRI) — The nation’s first offshore wind farm is now powering more of Rhode Island. The Block Island Power Company says it shut down its diesel generators and transferred the ...
BLOCK ISLAND, R.I. --Fifteen miles off the coast of Rhode Island stand 600-foot turbines, anchored in 90 feet of Atlantic waters. They are expected to generate enough energy to power 17,000 homes. “We ...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The nation’s first offshore wind farm is beginning to take shape off the coast of Block Island. Last month, major pieces of the project arrived at ProvPort. On Monday, ...
The study ‘doesn’t tell you what 100 turbines are going to be like, said Drew Carey, an author of the study and CEO of the Newport-based firm INSPIRE Environmental. ‘(But) it should allay the fears ...
In December 2016, America’s first offshore wind farm began commercial operations off the coast of Block Island. This facility has a capacity of 30 megawatts of power on average and is capable of ...