Wind energy
Career Spin: Why a Carpenter and a Charter Boat Captain Are Servicing GE Wind Turbines Off Martha’s Vineyard
Patrick Cassidy was working as a carpenter when he saw the newspaper notice about job opportunities at Vineyard Wind in the summer of 2019. The country’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm was being built 15 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard, the island he’d called home since 1995, and he was curious. He enjoyed his work, and he was good at it, but he liked the idea of a more regular paycheck — and maybe even paid time off.
Offshore Wind
Homespun Wisdom: This Breton Factory Is Making Powerful Turbines For France's 1st Offshore Wind Farm
If you’ve ever flown over the coast of Western Europe and marveled at the view of giant offshore wind farms breaking the monotony of the sea, then one thing is certain: You weren’t flying over France.
Renewable energy
Ships Ahoy: GE’s New Smart Vessel Is Transforming Offshore Wind Farm Maintenance
“So we rowed through the narrow strait in tears,
On one side Scylla, on the other, shining
Charybdis with a dreadful gurgling noise
sucked down the water.”*
If you enjoy tales from the deep, you will know all about Ulysses, the hero of Homer’s epic poem, “The Odyssey.” The many ordeals he and his crew endured on their peripatetic journey home from Troy included sailing their ship past beguiling sirens and then charting a path between two terrible sea monsters: Scylla and Charybdis.
