Eversource launches electrical upgrades for offshore wind, promises fewer Cape Cod outages
Eversource is building what it calls “the Cape Cod Solution”: electrical upgrades to carry offshore wind power and reduce outages on the Cape, the company says. Employees and community supporters gathered for a ceremonial groundbreaking Thursday at the Bourne Switching Station, near the Cape Cod Canal. “The power grid out here on Cape Cod, it's storm-prone,” said Bill Quinlan, president of transmission and offshore wind projects for Eversource. “It sees a lot of extreme weather. There's a fair number of trees, quite a number of outages. This solution will significantly incr...