Here’s some good news that’s not getting enough play. WBUR’s Miriam Wasser reports that the long-awaited Revolution Wind and Vineyard Wind offshore wind farms are now fully online, capable of generating on windy days enough energy to power 750,000 homes in southern New England. AP has more on two of the country’s first large-scale offshore wind farms to go fully operational.

I liked this graf from Wasser’s Vineyard Wind piece:

Getting to this point has been a journey filled with starts and stops, and then more starts and stops. At times, it seemed unclear whether the project — which served as a test case of the country’s burgeoning offshore wind industry— would ever get over the finish line.

Those starts-and-stops may partly explain why these stories aren’t getting the attention they deserve. It’s been a frustrating, confusing process with more than a few false starts and setbacks. The fact Vineyard Wind didn’t exactly trumpet its fully-online-status also played a role in the lack of attention. Maybe they didn’t want to jinx their repaired turbine blades or draw the attention of the Trump administration? … Just joking (sort of). … Photo above via Revolution Wind.