Big dreams for offshore wind now more distant than ever

In 2007, then-Gov. Donald L. Carcieri touted a state-commissioned study that suggested wind power could generate a whopping 75% of Rhode Island’s electricity needs, if fully exploited. But Carcieri, a Republican, said he was looking to start with areas where a target of 15% of the state’s electricity needs could be affordably generated. Two years

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