America’s first offshore wind farm leads to the closing of diesel plant
As of May 1, an island off the coast of Rhode Island became the first location in the U.S. to be powered by an offshore wind farm. The island’s 2,000 residents will now get their electricity from a wind farm nearby, eliminating the need for a diesel plant that was burning about one million gallons of dirty diesel fuel annually. On top of trading dirty electricity for clean energy, the residents of the island can now expect lower and more predictable electric bills.
America’s first offshore wind farm leads to the closing of diesel plant
As of May 1, an island off the coast of Rhode Island became the first location in the U.S. to be powered by an offshore wind farm. The island’s 2,000 residents will now get their electricity from a wind farm nearby, eliminating the need for a diesel plant that was burning about one million gallons of dirty diesel fuel annually. On top of trading dirty electricity for clean energy, the residents of the island can now expect lower and more predictable electric bills.
