Offshore wind sector hits turbulence

BACK AT IT: 
An Orsted A/S vessel is docked to one of the massive wind turbines off the coast of Rhode Island. Work on the turbines was delayed because of Trump administration orders, but it has resumed after the courts stepped in. 
AP FILE PHOTO/JOSHUA A. BICKEL
BACK AT IT: 
An Orsted A/S vessel is docked to one of the massive wind turbines off the coast of Rhode Island. Work on the turbines was delayed because of Trump administration orders, but it has resumed after the courts stepped in. 
AP FILE PHOTO/JOSHUA A. BICKEL

State officials and labor leaders geared up for years in preparation for the promise of the offshore wind industry – thousands would need to be hired as turbine farms were constructed off the coast of Rhode Island and local ports served as staging areas. But the administration of President Donald Trump put that in jeopardy

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