Block Island, to be located in state waters off Rhode Island, is vying with the much larger Cape Wind project to become the first US offshore wind farm.
Key upcoming milestones include:
*Receipt of 15, 73.5-metre blades for five Alstom Haliade 150-6MW turbines at a ceremony later this month in Denmark. “This is a pretty exciting prospect. In that regard, construction has already begun on Block Island,” says Grybowski, who will lead a Deepwater delegation to participate in the handover.
*Deepwater
