Block Island Wind Farm has begun commercial operations, making it America’s first offshore wind farm.
Deepwater Wind and project partners have commissioned and tested the 30-MW installation off the coast of Block Island, R.I., and it is now delivering power into New England’s grid via National Grid’s 20-mile-long sea2shore submarine transmission cable, the company said on December 12.
The project, which broke ground on April 27, 2015, was completed on time and on-budget, Deepwater said. It involved more than 300 workers and utilized four separate Rhode Island port facilities.
