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Deepwater substation could land on BIPCo property
The Planning Board held a public hearing Wednesday on an application by Deepwater Wind to construct a substation on either the property of the Block Island Power Company or the adjacent Estate of Marjorie McGinnes. The substation would connect a cable coming from Deepwater's proposed five-turbine wind farm to the island electrical grid and to the submarine cable connecting the island to the mainland. Deepwater presented two options.
January 19, 2012
by Dan West
in Block Island Times
The Planning Board held a public hearing Wednesday on an application by Deepwater Wind to construct a substation on either the property of the Block Island Power Company or the adjacent Estate of Marjorie McGinnes (Plat 17, Lots 35, 36, 37, 38, 40).
The substation would connect a cable coming from Deepwater's proposed five-turbine wind farm to the island electrical grid and to the submarine cable connecting the island to the mainland. Deepwater presented two options.
The first (site A) would be located on BIPCo property directly behind the state garage on Ocean Avenue. The second (site B) would locate the substation... [continue via Web link]
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