Over the next several years the Block Island venture will be joined by many more towns and cities, as up to 2,000 new turbines begin to populate utility-scale wind farms along the Atlantic Seaboard.

The five-turbine wind farm off the coast of Block Island, Rhode Island is a major feat for the U.S. clean energy industry. Maria Gallucci was a Science Reporter at Mashable. She was previously the ...

A coalition of state attorneys general filed a lawsuit Monday against President Donald Trump’s attempt to stop the ...

Wind turbines are a key component of renewable energy infrastructure, converting wind energy into electricity to power homes and businesses. However, they are susceptible to an aerodynamic ...

A Block Island Wind Farm turbine operates on Dec. 7, 2023, off the coast of Block Island, R.I., during a tour organized by Orsted. AP File Photo President Trump is clear about offshore wind.

FILE - Wind turbines of South Fork Wind are seen off the coast of Block Island, R.I., Oct. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) ...

A 2016 analysis of the Block Island Wind Farm pegged its final cost at $0.244/kWh after transmission and overhead, nearly triple its PPA price. Applying similar markups to Revolution Wind ...

In Southern New England, offshore wind turbines first went up in 2016 off Block Island. A year later ... large baleen whales aren’t common near wind farms in Europe, which means construction ...