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| First offshore wind farm in the USA achieves financial close Block Island wind farm, the first offshore development in the USA, has successfully reached financial close. Mott MacDonald was lenders' technical advisor during the project's due diligence phase and is now monitoring construction as independent engineer in an ongoing role. The 30MW wind farm is being developed by Deepwater Wind and is located three miles off the south-east coast of Block Island in Rhode Island. It comprises five Alstom Haliade 150-6.0MW wind turbines, capable of generating over 125,000MWhs annually – enough to power over 17,000 homes. Construction of the Block Island wind farm is expected to commence in summer 2015 and is scheduled for commercial operation by the end of 2016. write your comments about the article :: © 2015 Construction News :: home page |