New England News Collaborative journalists and experts observe a wind turbine in the Vineyard Wind offshore wind site near the coast of Martha’s Vineyard in Mass. on Sept. 16, 2024. Passing Martha’s ...

Getting information about the state’s only offshore wind project under construction has been difficult in the last six months. CAI and the Martha’s Vineyard Times teamed up last week to visit Vineyard ...

The Philly Shipyard recently locked down a $200 million contract to build a cutting-edge vessel critical for constructing offshore, wind turbines. The Texas-based Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company ...

Fishermen in nearly 100 boats from the midcoast gathered in waters near Monhegan Island on Sunday to protest the development of offshore wind energy infrastructure, including an array of wind turbines ...

(WJAR) — A new ship built in Warren will get crews out to sea to construct a wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island. It was christened on Wednesday, which is a decades old tradition for good luck and ...

NEW BEDFORD, Massachusetts (AP) — One early morning this week in ocean waters off the coasts of Rhode Island and New York, signs of the nascent wind industry were all around. Giant upright steel tubes ...

The offshore wind industry is finally taking off. And companies are racing to offer a vast number of vessels, parts and services that will be needed to build thousands of turbines along the East Coast ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Anti-offshore wind sentiment is based on many factors. High ...

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We’re motoring out to Vineyard Wind on a hired boat, a private cabin cruiser. At the horizon, the field of turbines gradually comes into clearer view. We hope to answer some of the questions that ...