An Awesome View At America’s First Offshore Wind Farm

Take a ride out to Block Island Wind Farm and follow an engineer to the top of a wind turbine in this 360° video.

May 24, 2017

Take a ride out to Block Island Wind Farm and follow an engineer to the top of a wind turbine in this 360° video. Built by Deepwater Wind, the project tests the viability of large-scale wind farming along the New England coast.

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