This Mass. Town Once Lit the World With Whale Oil. Now It Wants to Do the Same With Wind Power
New Bedford aspires to light the world once again with offshore wind energy many years after exporting whale oil for lamps.
Source: nbcbayarea.com
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Coastal News Today | MA - Once a whaling port, New Bedford wants to light the world again, with wind
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — New Bedford was once the city that lit the world, exporting vast quantities of whale oil for lamps in the early 1800s. Workers packed the docks, unloading casks of oil that had been extracted at sea from whale carcasses and brought in by a fleet of hundreds of whaling ships.
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Offshore wind arrives in America
The first ship carrying offshore wind towers from Europe pulled into a fishing port in Massachusetts on Wednesday, ending a 20-year wait for some residents.
Source: eenews.net
City That Once Lit World with Whale Oil Wants to do Same with Wind Power
The U.S. does not have a single commercial-scale offshore wind farm, but it will soon.
Source: manufacturing.net
New Bedford once lit the world with whale oil. Now it wants to do the same with wind power
The United States does not yet have a single commercial-scale offshore wind farm. But it will soon.
Source: finance-commerce.com