Rhode Island Shows Off Offshore Wind Farm
Deepwater Wind’s Block Island Wind Farm is in the middle of its testing phase. It will start producing electricity next month.
Credit: Ambar Espinoza / RIPR
The nation’s first offshore wind farm off the coast of Block Island is in the middle of its testing phase. It’ll start producing electricity next month. Delegates from various federal Sea Grant programs around the country got a boat tour of the turbines to learn how the Ocean State got this project done.