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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.
More on the Block Island Wind Farm: Has the Block Island Wind Farm lived ... Granholm said Rhode Island offered a road map for addressing those concerns. "I think what was done in the Block ...
Power was switched over to Deepwater Wind's Block Island wind farm and National Grid's Sea2Shore submarine cable, though the wind turbines were running before the switch. Long-time supporters of ...
which built the wind farm. The turbines will most benefit Block Island. Because of its location, 45 minutes by boat from the mainland, it currently gets its oil and gas shipped in. Residents pay a ...
So get your green on, Rhode Island. Stand up and be heard. Support the Block Island wind farm project for our future," said Wendy Zeldman-Wilson, a Block Island resident. Deepwater Wind has won ...
The shutdown of the diesel generators happened just as electricity from the nation’s first offshore wind farm began flowing to the island. The Block Island Wind Farm has been producing power ...
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 ...
Three miles off the coast of Block Island, Deep Water Wind is overseeing construction of the first offshore wind farm in the United States and is expecting the controversial turbines to begin ...
The South Fork Wind Farm, approved in January 2022, will add 12 turbines 15 miles southeast of Block Island, and supply power to New York. It will be built near the five-turbine Block Island Wind ...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – The blades for the Block Island wind farm have arrived in Providence. The 240-foot-long blades will be a part of the nation’s first offshore wind farm. Deepwater Wind ...
the first large-scale offshore wind farm to supply electricity to American consumers, sits on a patch of the ocean floor, south of Newport, R.I. A few miles away lies the Block Island Wind Farm ...
Wind turbines generate electricity at the Block Island Wind Farm, July 7, 2022, near Block Island, Rhode Island. The first commercial offshore wind farm in the United States is located 3.8 miles ...