CONSTRUCTION HAS started on a wind project with turbines off the coasts of New York and Rhode Island that is expected to produce enough power for about 70,000 homes, officials announced Friday. / COURTESY ORSTED U.S. OFFSHORE WIND
WAINSCOTT, N.Y. (AP) — Construction has started on a wind project with turbines off the coasts of New York and Rhode Island that is expected to produce enough power for about 70,000 homes, officials announced Friday. The South Fork Wind project, which received a key approval last month from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management,…