April 10, 2018 — Fishermen were quick to react to the possibility of another wind farm off the New England coast.
Last week, Ørsted and Eversource announced a joint venture and has submitted a bid to build Connecticut’s first offshore wind farm, in response to the state’s request for proposals for offshore wind energy generation.
The approximately 200-megawatt project – Constitution Wind – would be the first of its kind to serve the state of Connecticut and would be located in federal waters 65 miles off shore.
Through emails, News 8 has learned local fishermen claim they have already had damaged equipment from the Block Island Wind Farm and they fear another one could cause more trouble for them.