America’s first offshore wind project is yielding positive results for Rhode Island residents, according to The New York Times.
In 2016, Block Island was able to turn off its diesel generators for the first time. This was because the five-turbine, 30-megawatt wind farm just off the island’s coast had just come online.
Residents no longer had to clean soot off their windows and curtains. The cost of wind power was less than a third of that of diesel power. The underwater cables connecting the turbines to the mainland grid also provided much-needed broadband internet access, making the island a more palatable tourist destination…