Troubling questions, concerns raised about off-shore wind farms - News - providencejournal.com - Providence, RI

Troubling questions, concerns raised about off-shore wind farms - News - providencejournal.com - Providence, RI: NARRAGANSETT — Oceanographer Jon Hare listed the effects of offshore wind development on the marine environment.There’s disturbance to the sea floor during installation of turbine platforms. Noise from pile-driving and other activities. Increases in boat traffic. Lighting of the project site. Dredging for electric cables.The impacts can be far-reaching.“Putting a pile into the sediment in essence is habitat alteration,” said Hare, a science and research director with