Rhode Island may pave way for Obama wind energy boom

The Hill: Five wind turbines in the waters off Rhode Island’s coast will start producing electricity this fall, fulfilling a years-old clean energy dream from President Obama and others.

Construction on the $300 million Block Island Wind Farm finished this month, becoming the United States’ first utility-scale offshore wind farm.

When it starts pumping power into the electrical grid, clean energy advocates hope the project will prove that offshore wind can work in the United States.

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