Massachusetts port cities could boom under offshore wind
From the Boston Herald
Offshore wind projects planned for the waters off the Bay State could breathe new life into more than a dozen shuttered ports, officials said, as power companies look for properties to assemble turbines and conduct mechanical operations for the deep-water energy developments.
In a report released yesterday, the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center highlighted 18 port sites in Boston, Quincy, Fall River, Somerset and New Bedford that may be of interest for the three offshore wind companies that hold leases for federal waters south of Martha’s Vineyard and are vying to be the first out of the gate when power contracts go out to bid later this month.