Rhode Island Locals Sue to Block Offshore Wind Turbine Project

‘Someone at a very high level had made the decision that the project was going to get permitted, no matter what the impacts were.’

File photo: Wind turbines of the Block Island Wind Farm tower over the water off the shores of Block Island, R.I., on Oct. 14, 2016. Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images

A group of Rhode Island homeowners, fishermen, and historic properties board members are set to face off against the state and Danish ocean wind giant Orsted in Newport County Superior Court on Dec. 5.

Local group Green Oceans opposes the construction of Revolution Wind, an ocean wind farm with 65 turbines planned for Rhode Island Sound, 10 miles southeast of Block Island.