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Filling jobs in the new U.S. offshore wind industry is a "huge challenge"

by Samantha Fields
Jul 25, 2022
Good-paying jobs are a selling point with renewable energy projects. In Massachusetts, training programs are popping up to get people ready.
Massachusetts Maritime Academy on Cape Cod offers a safety training class that is required to work in offshore wind jobs.
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Fishing industry says offshore wind projects could sink its business

by Harriet Jones
Jul 5, 2021
Commercial vessels say they may need to quit some areas altogether as turbines are constructed.
Scallop bags from the Furious are offloaded and weighed at the Gambardella warehouse on the Stonington Town Dock.
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Offshore wind has lots of potential. How close are we to meeting it?

by Andy Uhler
Jun 10, 2021
The Biden administration pushes for expansion of the clean-energy technology, but logistical, cost and even aesthetic hurdles loom.
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