This week’s turbine talk is anchored by the water-shaking news that Rhode Island has said five is enough, referring to its test of five offshore wind turbines at Block Island, which have experienced a load of down time as their mother company, Ørsted, has ongoingly been checking for problems that have befallen other turbines of its type located in Germany.

But it’s the bottom line that has the Ocean State failing to reach the next phase of a wind farming plan.