Block Island


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Block Island

An island off southern Rhode Island at the eastern entrance to Long Island Sound. Visited by Dutch explorers in 1614, it was settled in 1661.
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Block′ Is′land


n.
an island off the coast of and a part of Rhode Island, at the E entrance to Long Island Sound.
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After the successful launch of the relatively small 30 megawatt (MW), five-turbine Block Island Wind Farm off the coast of Rhode Island in 2016, projects among other states began to accelerate.
For Block Island Race Week 2019 SAIL LAST also had four crew that had never been sailing, let alone racing in a major event.
In a matter of days, Cabot traveled hundreds of miles north, sliced through Block Island Sound and hunted Tuesday for a meal near Greenwich, Connecticut.
Rhode Island became home to the first US offshore wind project three years ago with the installation of the 30 MW Block Island Wind Farm.
When it was listed as endangered in 1989, it was only in eastern Oklahoma and Block Island off the coast of Rhode Island.
rsted owns and operates the Block Island Wind Farm off the coast of Rhode Island, and has a comprehensive geographic coverage with the largest development capacity, totaling more than eight gigawatts in seven states.View the full article from NJBIZ at http://www.njbiz.com/article/20181231/NJBIZ01/181239977/%F8rsted-submits-bid-to-build-njs-first-offshore-wind-farm.
The Company's Block Island Wind Farm is America's first offshore wind farm.
New Shoreham residents and ratepayers did not have standing to challenge the town's decision to purchase two-thirds of the shares of Block Island Power Co.
About Gustave White Sotheby's International Realty Gustave White Sotheby's International Realty is a full-service agency specializing in waterfront and luxury real estate and serving all of Rhode Island, including Block Island, as well as southeast Connecticut and coastal Massachusetts.
First, in early May, Block Island Power turned off its dirty diesel generators and began powering the island's homes and businesses with electricity generated by the five-turbine wind farm that began turning off its shores last fall.
The Block Island wind farm is small - capable of powering around 17,000 homes - but has opened up the way for further developments along the coast.