CRMC approves Revolution Wind project

Sam Wood

05/10/2023

OFFSHORE WIND DEVELOPERS Orsted A/S and Eversource Energy are partnering with the state to launch an internationally accredited offshore wind training program at the Community College of Rhode Island. Pictured is the Block Island Wind Farm. /COURTESY ORSTED US OFFSHORE WIND — OFFSHORE WIND DEVELOPERS Orsted A/S and Eversource Energy received the green light from the CRMC to build a 79 tower offshore wind farm near Block Island. Pictured is the Block Island Wind Farm. /COURTESY ORSTED US OFFSHORE WIND

PROVIDENCE – A massive new offshore wind generation project, to be sited near Block Island, was given the green light Tuesday night by the R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council following six-and-a-half hours of often passionate testimony against the wind farm. The CRMC OK'd the Revolution Wind project in a 4-to-1 vote with one member abstaining…

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