by Rhode Island Sea Grant | May 21, 2024 | Coastal Communities, News, ocean planning
Offshore wind energy is developing rapidly in the Northeast, and the Northeast Sea Grant programs have worked together to respond to public, private sector, and community needs and concerns as the region prepares for the implementation of hundreds of offshore wind...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Feb 10, 2023 | Coastal Communities, News, ocean planning
The prospect of an offshore wind cable running from a wind farm in federal waters up the Sakonnet and connecting to the grid through the town of Portsmouth has raised community questions and concerns over the impacts from cable installation on fish and the surrounding...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Sep 9, 2021 | News, ocean planning, Uncategorized
Rhode Island became the first state in the nation to have an operational offshore wind farm in 2016 after an extensive planning process that identified an optimal location and addressed environmental, technical, and logistical concerns and user conflicts. Today,...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Jun 26, 2020 | News, ocean planning
Offshore turbines and other renewable energy structures can have beneficial impacts on seafloor habitats and fish communities, said researchers from Belgium and the U.K. at a recent webinar on lessons learned from offshore renewable energy. The European scientists,...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Jun 9, 2020 | News, ocean planning
Planners, members of the fishing industry, and developers share what went well with Block Island Wind Farm—and what could have gone better—to aid future development Wind farm photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons by Ionna22 Planning for the nation’s first...
