Wind Farm

Wind Farm Gains Favor on Block Island Wind Farm Gains Favor on Block Island

Block Island Times: Two pieces of news emerged at the end of 2012 that relate to Deepwater Wind’s Block Island Wind Farm, which the company plans to have completed 3 miles off the island’s southeast shore by 2015. The...

» January 16th, 2013
Block Island Grassroots Group Supports Wind Farm Block Island Grassroots Group Supports Wind Farm

Block Island Times: Some supporters of the proposed Block Island Wind Farm are stepping up to have their opinions heard, and have established a grassroots group called “Friends of the B.I. Wind Farm,” with a goal of educating the...

» December 26th, 2012
Block Island Wind Farm Delayed to 2015 Block Island Wind Farm Delayed to 2015

Block Island Times: While Deepwater Wind’s Block Island Wind Farm had previously been predicted to finish by 2014, its turbines are now estimated to be constructed and fully operational by 2015. Several factors have played into this delay, explained...

» December 20th, 2012
New Bedford Harbor Project Could Create 43K Jobs New Bedford Harbor Project Could Create 43K Jobs

SouthCoastToday: The South Terminal project cleared a major hurdle Monday, when the Environmental Protection Agency announced its approval of a port facility hailed by officials as the most promising economic development in the city for the last 50 years....

» November 27th, 2012
Who Pays for Wind Farm Removal? Who Pays for Wind Farm Removal?

The Block Island Times ran an interesting article examining the question of who would fund the decommissioning and removal of offshore wind turbines if they become obsolete. Here’s an excerpt: If the Deepwater Wind builds its demonstration wind farm...

» May 28th, 2012
Block Island Moves Closer to Having Wind Farm Block Island Moves Closer to Having Wind Farm

A wind farm off Block Island took another step toward becoming reality last week when the Block Island Planning Board approved plans for the Deepwater Wind substation. According to an article in The Block Island Times, the Planning Board...

» April 19th, 2012
Floating Wind Farm Considered off Boothbay, ME Floating Wind Farm Considered off Boothbay, ME

Portland Press Herald: The Maine coast could become home to a pilot project to create the country’s first deepwater, floating wind farm. A task force formed by the federal Bureau of Energy Management met today to consider a commercial...

» December 13th, 2011
Blocks Is. Wind Farm Developers Begin Seafloor Survey Blocks Is. Wind Farm Developers Begin Seafloor Survey

Share this Article On Block Island Times: Deepwater Wind has started a month-long marine survey off the shores of Block Island to collect data about the seafloor and the layers of soil below. The information collected will help determine...

» October 4th, 2011
Wind Farm Developers Wrestle with Installation Issues Wind Farm Developers Wrestle with Installation Issues

CapeCodOnline: Even as the state Supreme Judicial Court hears arguments today in yet another legal challenge to Cape Wind, the offshore wind energy industry continues to debate how to build similar projects up and down the East Coast. “We’re...

» September 13th, 2011
Maine Company Receives Funds to Develop Floating Wind Farm Technology Maine Company Receives Funds to Develop Floating Wind Farm Technology

Knox Village Soup/Herald Gazette: WindFloat Maine LLC of Camden was 1 of 2 companies to receive development awards from the Maine Technology Institute earlier this month. WindFloat is a subsidiary of Seattle-based Principle Power Inc., a member of DeepCwind,...

» April 28th, 2011
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