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Offshore Wind Farm Begins 'Powering Up,' Provides Clean Energy To Long Island Homes
The first wind turbine in New York’s first offshore wind farm has begun delivering power to Long Island, marking a major milestone in the state’s plans for renewable energy.
On Wednesday, Dec. 6, the first offshore wind turbine at South Fork Wind, located nearly 35 miles from Montauk, began “powering up,” successfully delivering power to Long Island, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced.
The turbine, which is one of two currently built, is not only the first offshore wind turbine in the state of New York but is also the first utility-scale offshore wind farm in the US to begin delivering power.
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Isaias: NY, CT Both Declare States Of Emergency
After being devastated by Tropical Storm Isaias, New York, and Connecticut have both declared a State of Emergency as they recover from the wreckage of the storm.
With hundreds of thousands of New York and Connecticut residents possibly being stuck in the dark for days due to outages, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Gov. Ned Lamont, respectively, announced that their states will be entering a State of Emergency effective Wednesday, Aug. 5.
There are more than 700,000 outages still being reported in both states more than 24 hours after the storm sent power lines, poles, and trees flying with wind gus…
Isaias: All But Eight Customers Are Without Power In This Town In Region
Some communities were hit harder than others when Tropical Storm Isaias ravaged the region.
In Connecticut, in the town of Roxbury, in Litchfield County, all but eight of Eversource’s 1,352 customers were reporting outages more than 24 hours after the storm struck, among the hardest-hit areas in Connecticut.
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As of late Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 5, 99.41 of Eversource’s customers in Roxbury were still reporting outages, the second-largest percentage across the state, behind only Andover, where all 1,430 of the utility comp…
