The unifying appeal of offshore wind power
From National Wildlife Federation blog
There’s a unique intensity in seeing offshore wind turbines up close. On Tuesday, National Wildlife Federation partnered with the BlueGreen Alliance and the Rhode Island Building and Construction Trades Council to bring more than 100 leaders in labor and workforce development out to the Block Island Wind Farm to share in that intensity.
America’s first five offshore wind turbines began generating power off the coast of Rhode Island just months ago. While producing enough clean, local energy for 17,000 homes, they also serve as a critical opportunity to show what’s possible in U.S. waters. They were developed with the highest standards of wildlife protection in place every step of the way, and they created over 300 Rhode Island jobs in the process.
The unmatched clean energy potential and the thousands of workers needed to bring it to fruition make offshore wind power a unifying force between labor and environmental leaders.
