The U.S. market for offshore wind farms is stormy at this particular point in time (see p. 50), but this section focuses on positive news. Yes, right now the only two U.S. operating projects are rated at just 42 MW of power, a mere speck compared to China’s 63.2 GW, but more is on the way. Revolution Wind, an offshore wind project to provide electricity to Connecticut and Rhode Island, has received final government approval to begin construction. The news, while expected, still matters, because the utility scale offshore wind farm will be the second in the
Northeast, and by far the largest.
