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DECADES AFTER EUROPE, TURNING BLADES SEND FIRST COMMERCIAL WIND POWER ONTO US GRID

Off the coast of eastern Long Island, an 800-foot tall turbine has begun sending electricity onto the U.S. grid from what’s set to be the country’s first commercial offshore wind farm.

It’s a milestone many years in the making and at the same time a modest advance in what experts say needs to be a major buildout of this type of clean electricity to address climate change.

Danish wind energy developer Ørsted and the utility Eversource announced the first electricity from what will be

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