5 years later, Block Island celebrated as birthplace of U.S. offshore wind

Nancy Lavin

09/22/2022

STATE LEADERS, union representatives and developers celebrated the five-year anniversary of the Block Island Wind Farm at an anniversary event on Thursday. / COURTESY ORSTED US OFFSHORE WIND

PROVIDENCE – State leaders lavished praise on the people who envisioned and built the Block Island Wind Farm while marking its five-year anniversary on Thursday. Bold promises abounded about Rhode Island’s growing role in the offshore wind industry since making a name for itself with the first-in-the-nation wind farm off Block Island. But details about…

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