Ports around the country are vying to become hubs for offshore wind farms, like the State Pier in New London, Conn., which is supplying the South Fork Wind farm offshore.
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The Trump administration is cancelling $679 million in federal funding for ports to support the country’s offshore wind industry, the latest move in President Trump’s ongoing campaign against wind power.
Offshore wind is still a developing industry in the U.S., while Europe already has thousands of wind turbines in deep ocean waters. Those offshore turbines are dramatically larger than…
