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Atlantic Wind Transfers Wins Contract to Supply Crew Transfer Vessel Services for Offshore Wind Project in Virginia

May 27, 2020, North America – Atlantic Wind Transfers based in Quonset Point, Rhode Island has secured its second long-term O&M Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV) contract in the U.S. to provide offshore marine support services for the Siemens Gamesa offshore wind turbines to be installed for the first offshore wind project in U.S. federal waters.… Read More

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North Kingstown Chamber of Commerce partners with The Community College of Rhode Island to provide the first Rhode Island High School KidWind Challenge- Wind Turbine Competition in the State

North Kingstown Chamber of Commerce partners with The Community College of Rhode Island to provide the first Rhode Island High School KidWind Challenge- Wind Turbine Competition in the State North Kingstown, RI- The North Kingstown Chamber of Commerce’s WindWinRI program, through their Real Jobs RI grant, has partnered with the Community College of Rhode Island… Read More

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ATLANTIC WIND TRANSFERS, CHARTWELL MARINE, BLOUNT BOATS SIGN LANDMARK U.S. OFFSHORE WIND VESSEL DEAL

December 4th, Rhode Island – Leading U.S. offshore wind farm support company Atlantic Wind Transfers has signed a multi-million-dollar, market-first order for two state-of the-art Chartwell 24 Crew Transfer Vessels (CTVs), developed by Chartwell Marine, a pioneer in next-generation vessel design. The vessels, to be deployed in support of new wind farms off the East… Read More

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Mt. Hope Bridge hosts rope climbers for certification needed for industry – WPRI

Watch the WPRI Channel 12 report on the rope certification event at Mount Hope Bridge that occurred on August 13, 2019 sponsored by WindWinRI.  The story describes how 16 recruits are in training for climbing at heights in order to support the offshore wind industry in Rhode Island and neighboring states. See the report here:… Read More
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Governor Gina Raimondo shares a Tweet about WindWinRI – Twitter

Governor Gina Raimondo shares a video tweet about the success of WindWinRI in developing the offshore wind energy workforce training program featuring students and educators from North Kingstown High School. See the Tweet here: Students are learning all about our growing offshore wind...
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Wind Companies Fund Energy Training and Education

Read the news article on the ecoRI news website about Ørsted U.S. Offshore Wind’s multi-million dollar pledge to support offshore wind energy jobs and education. Read the story here.

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Offshore wind developers to invest $4.5M in Rhode Island – WJAR 10

NBC's Turn to 10 reporter Tony Gugliotta reports on the offshore wind developers grant of 4.5 million dollars to the State of RI, for the development of the offshore wind energy workforce development efforts. Read more and watch the report here: Offshore wind developers to invest $4.5M in Rhode Island
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The booming wind energy economy needs workers–this high school program trains them – FastCompany

Fast Company Magazine features an excellent article on the booming wind industry and WindWinRI's efforts to mobilize the workforce to support it.  The story describes the work at North Kingstown High School and Rocky Hill Middle School to develop a training program and certification path for students wishing to participate in the expected offshore wind… Read More