BOSTON -- The challenges facing the creation of an offshore wind industry in the United States are daunting, speakers at a national conference said Wednesday. Those logistical challenges include an absence of shipping ports ready to be used as staging facilities, a lack of a supply chain for offshore wind turbines that are only manufactured in Europe and the need to train workers in the installation, operation and maintenance of the turbines. "This is the potential Achilles' heel of offshore...
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