November 17, 2010
Gov. Says Offshore Wind Will Boost RI Economy
Outgoing Rhode Island Gov. Donald Carcieri said last week that offshore wind will support a resurgence of that state’s troubled economy, the Providence Journal reported.
In a public policy speech at the University of Rhode Island, Carcieri reportedly said that long term investments in technology-based economies “take time” but “I’m pretty optimistic it’s going to accelerate a lot faster than many people expect.”
Carcieri cited the Deepwater Wind project near Block Island, the planned offshore wind port at Quonset Point and predicted that offshore wind would generated thousands of local jobs in the next decade. Read more…
