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Chafee sees state as future leader in wind energy

By Jennifer McDermott
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island will have a major role to play in the offshore wind industry, even though a developer chose to use a Massachusetts port to build a large wind farm, Gov. Lincoln Chafee said Monday.

Rhode Island officials had hoped Cape Wind would use New Bedford, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island’s Quonset Point for the staging and construction of a proposed 130-turbine wind farm off the coast of Cape Cod, bringing jobs and economic activity to both states. Cape Wind announced Friday it had signed a lease agreement with Massachusetts.

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