Tag: Block Island Wind Farm
National Grid cable reburial on Block Island paused until fall
NEW SHOREHAM – Reburial of National Grid Rhode Island’s exposed 34,500-volt subsea cable at Block Island’s Town Beach has been paused due to unexpected...
Persistence drives offshore wind vessel business
A specially equipped boat navigates turbulent seas, landing its rubber nose smack against the steel foundation of a monstrous offshore wind turbine, delivering technicians...
National Grid and Orsted prep for wind farm cable replacements this...
PROVIDENCE – National Grid and Orsted have begun mobilizing teams that will work this fall and winter to replace limited segments of the Block...
POWERING UP: Offshore wind sector gains momentum despite pandemic
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...
Orsted capitalizing on R.I.’s wind-farm experience
The large Danish renewable energy company Orsted swept into Rhode Island less than two years ago, acquiring Deepwater Wind LLC and its Block Island...
While delays have hampered offshore wind, land-based turbines loom large in...
(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...
Waiting on more offshore wind
Three major offshore wind projects are in various stages of complicated permitting processes in southern New England waters.
Revolution Wind is a joint effort between...
State leaders tout opening of Orsted innovation hub
PROVIDENCE – State officials joined Orsted U.S. Offshore Wind on March 2 to celebrate the grand opening of the company’s innovation hub, touting it...
Orsted to open innovation hub in Providence
NEWPORT – The global offshore wind developer that owns the Block Island Wind Farm today announced plans to open a United States Innovation Hub...
O’Keefe named Propeller Club of Narragansett Bay’s Maritime Person of the...
JOHN O’KEEFFE, director of U.S. marine affairs for Orsted U.S. Offshore Wind, was named The Propeller Club of Narragansett Bay’s Maritime Person of the...