For America’s nascent offshore wind industry, the last year was the best of times and the worst of times. In the past 12 months, American offshore wind development reached some key milestones. Foundations were laid and turbines were installed at the nation’s first two commercial-scale offshore wind farms and those farms generated their first megawatts. The first U.S.-flagged turbine installation…
The rush is on to build U.S.-flagged vessels for the offshore wind industry The United States has sprawling plans to dot waters off the East Coast from Massachusetts to South Carolina with wind farms. But for now, there are very few of these specialized boats in the U.S. fleet to build, service and operate them. That is starting to change…