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Mixed messages on Vineyard Wind

The Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for Off Shore Wind (OSW) resources can be staggering.

One does not simply dispatch a "bucket truck and two man team" like we do today in the electric grid when things go wrong on an offshore wind turbine. The people that work on off shore wind turbines are specialists with special tools and resources, like sea-going barges equipped with cranes and other special resources unique to maintaining off shore wind turbines.

To be fair, it was Governor Charlie Baker that put the wheels in motion for OSW energy.