Power shift: The promise of offshore wind
It’s not every day that the U.S. decides to build a new energy industry. But that’s exactly what the country is doing with offshore wind. In Power shift: The Promise of Offshore Wind, WBUR and E&E document the start of this industry and ask some big questions.
We asked big questions about the offshore wind industry. Here’s what we uncovered
WBUR and E&E News spent months reporting Power shift: The promise of offshore wind, which documents the start of this industry and asks some big questions. Here are our five...
Big Oil wants to be Big Wind. Can fossil fuel companies be trusted?
Some experts say oil companies’ deep pockets and decades of working offshore make them uniquely suited to build turbines at sea. Others are skeptical. They worry that offshore wind could...
As turbines rise, small-scale fishermen have the most to lose
Experts say fishing vessels owned by corporations can easily sail to fertile fishing grounds far off shore, where no wind turbines have been proposed. That's harder for a family-owned operations,...
Offshore wind is America's new industry. Who will build it?
Experts say careful planning is needed from policymakers and offshore wind developers to create good jobs in communities that need them. Some of that work has begun, but much of...