Offshore Wind Turbines Spinning in New England

0:00Offroad Island's coast, giant offshore wind turbines, towering three times the Statue of Liberty's hype, are already spinning and feeding clean. Power into New England's grid, revolution winds sits over 90 percent complete, on pace to wrap up this year after starting deliveries recently. Meanwhile, sunrise wind nearby hits nearly 50 percent built, with cranes lifting towers onto yellow foundations amid a sea of half-installed blades. South Fork Wind, the first major U.S. offshore farm by the next door, has run commercially for two years now, powering over 70,000 New York, homes. These projects build on block island's five turbines from 2016, the nation's very first, which ditched dirty diesel for steady renewables. Vineyard wind just finished construction in March, the first to hit that mark under Trump's watch, soon energizing over 400,000. Massachusetts homes and businesses, Trump's team hit paws on new leases and permitting, even paying a French firm $1 billion to bail on U.S. projects, while adding reviews that,

1:04slow wind and solar. Federal judges struck down key blocks this week, keeping momentum alive as electricity demands surges and crowded coastal states. Advocates warn these delays, jack-up utility bills when clean options like offshore wind could ease the crunch, proving renewables keep pushing forward, despite the pushback. That wraps Durham News today, brought to you with AI, I'm Corey, with the story.