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CAUTION SIGNAL: Fred Mattera, executive director of the Commercial Fisheries Center of Rhode Island, warns of the potential for loss of life and loss of vessels because the 1-mile-wide transit lanes allocated for traveling around wind turbines don’t provide enough room to safely maneuver vessels in high winds and storms when visibility is low. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

POWERING UP: Offshore wind sector gains momentum despite pandemic

Coronavirus 08/07/2020

Stark white walls, blank computer screens and empty desk chairs weren’t what the executives at Denmark-based wind-energy firm Orsted had in mind when they...

LARGEST WIND FARM: Green Development owns the turbines that make up Rhode Island’s largest wind farm, the $100 million, seven-turbine project in Johnston, which generates 21 megawatts. / PBN PHOTO/PAMELA BHATIA

While delays have hampered offshore wind, land-based turbines loom large in...

Cover Story 03/06/2020

(Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series on the challenges and opportunities of solar- and wind-farm development in Rhode Island and...

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S tariffs are expected to increase the cost of wind energy in the United States. / COURTESY DEEPWATER WIND

Trump’s import tariffs will make U.S. wind power more expensive

Government 10/02/2018

NEW YORK - President Donald Trump’s trade war won’t wreck the United States wind industry, but it will raise the cost of power. Tariffs on...

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