R.I. LOOKS OFFSHORE FOR WORK

Executive: RI wind farm could create many jobs Executive: RI wind farm could create many jobs
March 12, 2009 (AP via Boston Globe)

"A top executive of a company that wants to build a $1.5 billion wind-energy farm off the coast of Rhode Island says the project could create thousands of jobs."

click to enlarge

"Chris Wissemann, chief operating officer of Deepwater Wind, told Governor Don Carcieri and the state Economic Policy Council that the project would create as many as 1,200 jobs to design, assemble, and install wind turbines…[T]housands of other new jobs could be created in the manufacturing of turbine parts for additional projects.

"Wissemann says his company wants to erect 106 turbines off Block Island…[T]he project is dependent on several factors, including financing and power purchase agreements with utilities that serve the state."