Decades after Europe, turning blades send first commercial offshore wind power onto US grid

ASSOCIATED PRESS • December 6, 2023

U.S. offshore windpower has hit a milestone. An 800-foot tall turbine is now sending electricity onto the grid from a commercial-scale offshore wind farm on pace to be the country’s first. Danish wind energy developer Ørsted and the utility Eversource announced Wednesday the first electricity from what will be a 12-turbine wind farm 35 miles east of Montauk Point, New York. The project has also overcome objections from fishermen and some environmentalists.