Deepwater Wind opens office in Providence

PROVIDENCE – The wind-energy firm tapped to develop an offshore wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island is opening a Rhode Island office.
Deepwater Wind was scheduled to unveil the office at a May 18 ribbon-cutting ceremony. The office is located at 56 Exchange Terrace in downtown Providence.
The company, which was selected by Gov. Donald L. Carcieri’s administration to develop the wind farm in September, also has offices in Hoboken, N.J., New York and Houston.
State officials hope the project will eventually generate 15 percent of the state’s electricity. Andrew C. Dzykewicz, the governor’s chief energy adviser and the commissioner of the R.I. Office of Energy Resources, said in December that he expects the Deepwater wind farm to be generating electricity at a cost of 7 to 9 cents per kilowatt-hour by 2012 if the regulatory process stays on track.
Deepwater has also committed to basing its corporate manufacturing headquarters at Quonset Point, where it expects to hire about 800 employees over the next few years. &#8226