Tag: Revolution Wind
Unchartered training: How does region build workforce for new wind sector?
Toiling hundreds of feet above the open ocean, sometimes amid stormy weather and battering waves, technicians in the offshore wind industry need not only...
If wind-energy jobs do come, state must be ready to fill...
After years of permitting delays and false starts, there’s again reason for optimism over the job prospects for wind energy in the Ocean State.
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Orsted, Eversource partner with local fishermen on safety navigation
PROVIDENCE – Local fishermen will play a role in ensuring safe passage around the massive wind farms planned for area waters under a new...
Amid negotiations, R.I. fishing industry remains concerned over offshore wind impact,...
PROVIDENCE - What is the price of loss of livelihood?
This question is at the center of negotiations between local fishing industry representatives and offshore...
Revolution Wind project moves forward with start to federal permitting review
PROVIDENCE – Plans to bring 400 megawatts of wind power to Rhode Island are advancing, with the federal agency in charge of issuing the...
Orsted, Eversource plan wind farm manufacturing facility at ProvPort
PROVIDENCE – The Port of Providence will soon be ground zero for assembling and building the foundations for a slew of major wind farm...
R.I. has muted reaction to shifting offshore wind priorities
After years of competing for a crucial position on the forefront of the burgeoning U.S. offshore wind industry, Rhode Island officials no longer seem...
R.I. Commerce creates post dedicated to offshore wind industry
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Commerce Corp. is hoping to capitalize on the emerging offshore wind industry with a new position dedicated to luring companies to...
R.I. an offshore wind follower
Offshore wind supporters were heartened by the Biden administration’s March 29 commitment to the industry, including the environmental review of at least three Atlantic...
R.I. optimistic for offshore wind, despite new federal permitting delays
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island leaders insist the state’s ambitious renewable-energy goals and related projects won’t be affected by recently announced delays in what was...
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