Developer ramps up work on wind farms

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The developer of the first offshore wind farm in the U.S. is ramping up work on projects to supply energy to several states.

Deepwater Wind CEO Jeff Grybowski said Monday they're beginning the next, larger phase of development for a wind farm to supply power to Rhode Island and Connecticut, another for Long Island, New York, and a third for Maryland's Eastern Shore.

Providence-based Deepwater Wind has leased areas near Massachusetts and Maryland.

"We're going into a very intensive phase now, where in order to submit permit applications and begin to do the engineering and design, we will be spending tens of millions of dollars over the coming year to collect data from the wind farm locations," Grybowski said.

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