“There were three main phases of construction, and we’re done with two,” Deepwater chief executive Jeffrey Grybowski on Monday told a crowd that included Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo. “America’s first offshore wind farm is on schedule.”

In the 30MW project’s first phase, completed last summer, six jacket foundations made by Gulf Island Fabrications in Louisiana were installed at the site near Block Island, a popular summer destination for tourists that lies 13 miles (21km) off the coast of Rhode Island.

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