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Wind Farm Power Cable Burial Complete

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The installation of the power cable for the South Fork Wind Farm has been concluded and Beach Lane repaved, following a winter in which drilling equipment took up most of the street.

The installation of the power cable for the South Fork Wind Farm has been concluded and Beach Lane repaved, following a winter in which drilling equipment took up most of the street.

Much of Beach Lane was clogged with construction equipment, shielded behind 15-foot-high sound barriers, through the past fall and winter. Michael Wright

Much of Beach Lane was clogged with construction equipment, shielded behind 15-foot-high sound barriers, through the past fall and winter. Michael Wright

A cable ship is currently in the process of laying the 60-mile power cable on the seafloor between Wainscott and Cox Ledge, the area southeast of Block Island where South Fork Wind's turbines will be constructed. MICHAEL WRIGHT

A cable ship is currently in the process of laying the 60-mile power cable on the seafloor between Wainscott and Cox Ledge, the area southeast of Block Island where South Fork Wind's turbines will be constructed. MICHAEL WRIGHT

Over the winter drilling crews working for South Fork Wind connected a cable running beneath Wainscott roads to a cable that will ultimately connect to the 12 wind turbines that will be constructed this summer more than 60 miles to the east, southeast of Block Island. MICHAEL WRIGHT

Over the winter drilling crews working for South Fork Wind connected a cable running beneath Wainscott roads to a cable that will ultimately connect to the 12 wind turbines that will be constructed this summer more than 60 miles to the east, southeast of Block Island. MICHAEL WRIGHT

authorMichael Wright on May 24, 2023
Summer visitors returning to Wainscott this week for the first time since last September might never know the extent of the industrial construction that had taken place there over the... more

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