A massive Dutch electric company could create one of the world's most impressive 'wind farm islands' in the North Sea off the East Yorkshire coast of England. The giant farm would be operated and backed by TenneT -- a national grid from Denmark that could reach as far as Belgium and Germany. Ultimately, TenneT's backers and engineers estimate th...

America’s first offshore wind farm just helped to shut down a small diesel-fired electric power plant on Block Island, R.I. Block Island officials on Monday switched on a connection between the island and a cable linking the wind farm to Rhode Island’s mainland power grid. The connection allowed the island’s only electricity source — a small dies...

The plan to build an offshore wind farm to provide energy for the South Fork has received approval by the state comptroller, with a listed price tag to ratepayers of more than $1.62 billion. The contract value listed on the comptroller’s website — specifically $1,624,738,893 — encompasses the anticipated cost of all energy from the 15 turbines ov...

Developing the United States' first large-scale offshore wind farm has been anything but a breeze. There are the daunting regulatory hurdles at both state and federal levels. Financing has to be scraped together. And myriad engineering details, which include ensuring the towering turbines have sound footing and connecting the project to the power g...