Offshore Wind Farms: Yet Another Renewable Energy Failure

Offshore Wind Farms: Yet Another Renewable Energy Failure
The Block Island Wind Farm stands 3 miles off of Block Island, Rhode Island on Sept. 22, 2016. Scott Eisen/Getty Images
Jason Isaac
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The first offshore wind farm in the United States was supposed to have signaled a turning point in the green energy revolution. Instead, officials have spent the past five years mired in equipment failures and struggling to respond to concerns about potential environmental damage.

Jason Isaac
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The Honorable Jason Isaac is director of Life:Powered, a national initiative of the Texas Public Policy Foundation to raise America’s energy IQ. He previously served four terms in the Texas House of Representatives.
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