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Block Island Offshore Wind Farm

Challenge In 2008, Deepwater Wind entered into an agreement with the State of Rhode Island to develop the first US offshore wind farm. The project consisted of 5 wind turbines located within Rhode Island state waters approximately 3 miles southeast of Block Island, Rhode Island. At this time, Europe had developed many offshore wind farms, … Read more

South Fork and Garden State Offshore Energy 1 (Formerly Skipjack) Offshore Wind Farms, Geotechnical Surveys

Challenge In the emergent offshore wind industry of the U.S., GZA’s client sought to develop two wind farms off the East Coast: South Fork Wind Farm off Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts and Garden State Offshore Energy 1 (formerly Skipjack) Wind Farm off Maryland’s eastern shore. Each site was approximately 25 miles offshore, in 75 to … Read more