New York has leaped into the era of offshore wind power, with electricity generated over the Atlantic Ocean now flowing to homes on Long Island. The power is coming from the first completed turbine of 12 that will make up South Fork Wind, the first large-scale offshore wind farm to go online in the U.S.
The wind farm is still under construction. When it is finished, it will be capable of producing 132 megawatts of electricity — enough to power about 70,000 homes.
The transmission is a big step forward in what officials in New York and several other states run by Democrats have promised will be a sweeping transition away from power generated by fossil fuels. Those states, mostly in the Northeast, have pinned their hopes for a greener future on developing renewable sources of power, like wind and solar.
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New York has leaped into the era of offshore wind power, with electricity generated over the Atlantic Ocean now flowing to homes on Long Island. The power is coming from the first completed turbine of 12 that will make up South Fork Wind, the first large-scale offshore wind farm to go online in the U.S.
The wind farm is still under construction. When it is finished, it will be capable of producing 132 megawatts of electricity — enough to power about 70,000 homes.
The transmission is a big step forward in what officials in New York and several other states run by Democrats have promised will be a sweeping transition away from power generated by fossil fuels. Those states, mostly in the Northeast, have pinned their hopes for a greener future on developing renewable sources of power, like wind and solar.
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