:Wind power in Rhode Island

There were numerous windmills in Rhode Island. Several of the 18th and 19th century windmills are still standing and are often open for public viewing. NASA built an experimental wind turbine on Block Island in 1979.{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/C-1979-2600|title=MOD-0A WIND TURBINE BLOCK ISLAND RHODE ISLAND DEDICATION|work=Internet Archive|date=15 June 1979}}{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/C-1979-2598|title=MOD-0A WIND TURBINE BLOCK ISLAND RHODE ISLAND DEDICATION|work=Internet Archive|date=15 June 1979}}

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In March 2006 the Portsmouth Abbey School installed a 660-kW V-47 turbine on Aquidneck Island.{{cite news | title=Regional Wind Development Update | last1=Grace | first1=Robert C. | last2=Gifford | first2=Jason | editor-last=Grace | editor-first=Robert C. | publisher=National Renewable Energy Laboratory | work=New England Wind Forum: A Wind Powering America Project | volume=1 | issue=2 | date=December 2006 | page=8 | url=http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy07osti/40855.pdf#page=8 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170125145753/http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy07osti/40855.pdf#page=8 | archive-date=25 January 2017 | url-status=live | format=PDF}}

Installed in 2009, the Portsmouth High School turbine had been the largest producer of electricity produced by wind power.{{cite web|url=https://www.ripower.org/renewable-energy/negs/newsletters/jan-09-new-turbine-portsmouth-ri|title=Jan 09: New Turbine at Portsmouth, RI|work=ripower.org}} until faltering in 2012. In 2014, the municipality voted to replace it.{{cite web|url=http://www.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/content/20141105-portsmouth-opts-to-replace-broken-wind-turbine.ece|title=Portsmouth opts to replace broken wind turbine|author=Richard Salit|work=providencejournal.com}} The replacement wind turbine came online in 2016. It is 88

meters tall and is rated at 1.5 MW capacity.

Brought on line in 2012, the three wind turbines at Fields Point in Providence are each rated at 1.5 mW. Manufactured by Goldwind USA, they each have {{convert|150|ft|m|abbr=on}} blades and height of {{convert|364|ft|m|abbr=on}} and together supply about 40 to 50 percent of the electricity used by the Narragansett Bay Commission's (NBC) regional waste and storm water treatment facility.[http://www.wwdmag.com/narragansett-bay-commission-field’s-point-wwtf-wind-farm-energy-project Narragansett Bay Commission Field’s Point WWTF Wind Farm Energy Project Wind and Water Digest]{{cite news | last = Kuffner | first = Alex | title = Providence wind turbines churn out more power than projected | publisher = Providence Journal | date = December 29, 2013 | url = http://www.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/content/20131229-providence-wind-turbines-churn-out-more-power-than-projected.ece | access-date = 2 May 2015}}{{cite press release | title = January 2013: Providence Wind Turbines Are Spinning! | publisher = RI Power | date = January 2013 | url = https://www.ripower.org/renewable-energy/negs/newsletters/january-2013-providence-wind-turbines-are-spinning | access-date = 2 May 2015}}

A single {{convert|413|ft|m|abbr=on}} turbine in North Kingstown came on line in 2012.{{cite web|url=http://patch.com/rhode-island/northkingstown/413-foot-wind-turbine-to-be-completed-next-week|title=413-Foot Wind Turbine to Be Completed Next Week|work=North Kingstown, Rhode Island Patch|date=18 October 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.goldwindamerica.com/project_profiles/north-kingston-green-wind-project/|title=North Kingston Green Wind Project - Goldwind Americas|work=goldwindamerica.com}}

Construction for the Block Island Wind Farm began in 2015. It came online at the end of 2016.

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Ten 1.5-megawatt turbines in Coventry have been proposed{{cite press release | title = A Big Win(d) for Rhode Island | publisher = People's Power and Light | url = https://www.ripower.org/renewable-energy/negs/newsletters/big-wind-rhode-island | access-date = 2 May 2015}}[http://www.ripuc.org/eventsactions/docket/4277-COV1-Objection(1-2-15).pdf STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION re: WED COVENTRY ONE, LLC][http://www.ripuc.org/eventsactions/docket/4547-WEDCoventry-Petition(1-16-15).pdf WEDCoventry-Petition]

[http://www.ripuc.org/eventsactions/docket/4547A-NGrid-Agreed-Statement.pdf STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IN RE: PETITION OF WED COVENTRY Docket No. 4547 Agreed Statement of Facts]

In 2009, the municipalities on the shores of the Easy Bay and Aquidneck & Conanicut Island formed an advisory group that worked through the legislative session of 2012 to build a wind-farm. The group consisted of professionals and community leaders, and sought to determine the viability of a wind-power facility in the hills of Tiverton near RI route 24 and the border with Fall River, Massachusetts. The group generated over two years of wind data from the Tiverton heights. The 10 turbine development project would have provided energy to the East Bay and islands directly via an agreement with National Grid. Legislation to establish a legal entity died in the Rhode Island General Assembly in 2012 over disagreements concerning state powers.{{Cite web|url=http://patch.com/rhode-island/portsmouth/ebec-continues-push-for-tiverton-wind-farm-9aaa9e45|title = EBEC Continues Push for Tiverton Wind Farm|date = 19 July 2012}} Earlier in 2012, Apex Wind Energy competed in courting the City of Tiverton for use of the land, which included a proposed-but-never-built industrial park, and segments of Tiverton Water Department and North Tiverton Fire Department land.{{Cite web|url=http://earthtechling.com/2012/02/developers-compete-for-rhode-island-wind/|title = Renewable Energy}}

In fall of 2011, Deep Water Wind submitted plans for a massive 200 turbine wind facility 25 miles from shore in federal waters. The facility would provide power to New England and Long Island communities.{{Cite web|url=http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2011/10/plans-submitted-for-1000-megawatt-offshore-wind-farm.html|title = Plans Submitted for 1,000-Megawatt Offshore Wind Farm|date = 10 October 2011}}

In 2011, Charlestown became the first municipality in the United States to pass a ban on any size or type of electricity-generating wind turbines. The sweeping prohibition applies to large commercial as well as smaller residential turbines.{{cite web|url=http://www.ecori.org/government/2011/9/13/charlestown-strikes-up-the-ban-on-wind-turbines.html|title=Charlestown Strikes Up the Ban on Wind Turbines|work=ecoRI News}}

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{{Reflist}}

• [http://www.boem.gov/State-Activities-Rhode-Island/ BOEM Rhode Island/Massachusetts]
• [http://www.windaction.org/posts?location=Rhode+Island&type=Article Wind Action]

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