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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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Jobs in high places: Wind-turbine techs train on Mount Hope Bridge
The Providence Journal writes about the recent rope access demonstration on the Mount Hope Bridge. The story features an excellent slideshow of the participants and observers of the demonstration. See the article here.
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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
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Classroom experiment eyes wind-energy jobs – PBN
Scott Blake write an article in the Providence Business New titled, "Classroom experiment eyes wind-energy jobs". In this article he writes about WindWinRI's work in the development of the RI offshore wind workforce. Read the article: Classroom experiment eyes wind-energy jobs
Wind Turbines Coming to R.I. Classrooms This Fall – ecoRI
ecoRI News has a great article by Tim Falkner, "Wind Turbines Coming to R.I. Classrooms This Fall" The article contains links to videos featuring Kristin Urbach from WindWinRI explaining the motivation behind WindWinRI and the educational opportunities for students and teachers, the building of the offshore wind supply chain and the future of offshore wind… Read More
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RI plans to train youth for wind energy jobs – NK Standard Times
Read Alex Trubia's article, "RI plans to train youth for wind energy jobs" in the NK Standard Times. Read the full story: RI plans to train youth for wind energy jobs