offshore wind industry provides new opps for students

Assistant professor of the practice Rosemary Ostfeld and students from ENVS344 Renewable Energy on a field trip to the Block Island Wind Farm last spring.

From the shores of Block Island, Rhode Island, the United States’s first commercial wind farm can be seen on the horizon. The Block Island Wind Farm is comprised of five turbines that tower over the deep blue waters. Deepwater Wind LLC constructed the 30-MW project which became operational in 2016. Ørsted, Denmark’s largest energy company and world-leader in offshore wind, acquired Deepwater Wind LLC in 2018.

Read more