July 8, 2010
Cape Wind: Made in Rhode Island?
New Bedford fights out-of-state rival for project setup area
For years, the Patrick administration and Bay State union leaders who backed the Cape Wind power project have touted the nearly 1,000 construction and installation jobs that the developer promised it would create.
Now, there’s a good chance those jobs will be created in Rhode Island, even though a Bay State union leader thinks Massachusetts laborers will still get the work.
Yesterday, Cape Wind spokesman Mark Rodgers said the developer of what could be the nation’s first offshore wind farm is still deciding between New Bedford and Quonset Point, R.I., as the staging area to assemble 130 turbines for the plant, which still faces some hurdles. Read more…
