Brooklyn power grid to connect to wind farms offshore

I'm floating in the water up in New York City in front of the Marmarmac 306. That's the big barge that's going to lay cable from Brooklyn out towards an offshore wind farm in the ocean. The 300 ft vessel started work this month digging the trench for the cables that will transmit the electricity generated by Ecuador's $5 billion Empire Wind project all the way to the Brooklyn power grid.It's expected to provide enough power for 500,000 homes. On deck of the barge, you can see the cable that's going to run u ...