wiredInUSA June 2017

New Bedford, USA, and Grimsby in the UK have signed a memorandum of agreement. New Bedford is exploring offshore wind opportunities, and a delegation has visited Grimsby to learn from the port town’s experience in the offshore wind sector and apply it to the emerging US industry. “In New Bedford we are taking the future in our own hands, just as Grimsby has done over the last couple of decades, and that’s the way the world is these days,” Grimsby Telegraph quoted Jon F Mitchell, mayor of the city of New Bedford. He continued: “If there is a place in the UK to be partnered with it is certainly Grimsby. We are pleased to be here.” signed a letter of intent with the state of Massachusetts to lease the New Bedford marine commerce terminal as a staging and deployment location for future offshore wind projects. It is expected that as much as 1,600MWof windenergy couldbe established in Massachusetts. Deepwater Wind opened its Massachusetts office at the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal in February 2017, and in April DONG Energy opened a US headquarters in Boston. In September 2016, DONG Energy, Deepwater Wind and OffshoreMW

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