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Five offshore wind turbines stretch into the distance
Jesse Costa
The three selected projects are expected to produce 2,878 megawatts of electricity — or about what it takes to power 1.6 million homes — which is considerably less than the 6,800 megawatts the states set out to procure.
Clockwise from left: A customer picks up their ice cream order at the UConn Dairy Bar in Storrs, Conn. (Raquel C. Zaldívar/New England News Collaborative) A trail leading deeper into the Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge area, near the welcome center in Swanton, Vermont. (Sophie Stephens/Vermont Public) Portland Head Light Lighthouse in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. (Tulley Hescock/Maine Public). A long line of tourists enters the Lobster Pot in Provincetown in 2022. (Jesse Costa/WBUR file photo)
Raquel C. Zaldívar/New England News Collaborative, Sophie Stephens/Vermont Public, Tulley Hescock/Maine Public, Jesse Costa/WBUR file photo
Our public media journalists explored fun things to do on day trips in the states that make up New England. Not a bad assignment.