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The 14-megawatt GE Haliade-X turbines planned for Vineyard Wind would stand more than 800 feet above sea level. GE image.
Beyond the Biden administration’s sunny outlook on prospects for a new U.S. offshore wind power industry, concerns continue among federal government experts about how building ocean turbine arrays could affect the fishing industry and protecting endangered whales.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued its final record of decision May 11 to permit Vineyard Wind, the 800-megawatt project off southern New England that would be the first truly utility-scale development in U.S. waters.
So far, the only offshore wind operating here is at two pilot projects, the five-turbine, 30 MW Block Island Wind Farm off Rhode Island, and the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project, twin turbines with 12 MW total capacity. With nearly three decades of offshore wind experience in Europe, companies based there are exporting their expertise to the U.S.
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NEW BEDFORD Staying home and working remotely during the pandemic hasn’t been an option for Jeff Glassman and his staff.
“We’re a very labor-intensive business,” said Glassman, chief executive of Darn It!, a New Bedford-based warehouse, distribution and garment repair business.
Glassman said his staff of nearly 80 sewers and warehouse workers have been back on the job for eight months.
“It took a few months to get the staff back,” he said.
“Our business is certainly down,” especially Glassman says, compared to the first quarter of 2020. “But we’re busy now and very lucky to be in the position we are today.”