Massachusetts-based Bristol Community College (BCC) will offer a new certificate program to prepare local residences for the rise of an offshore wind industry in the U.S. The announcement came Thursday, a day after the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management held the nation's first-ever offshore wind auction.
According to a SouthCoastToday report, the college's two-semester program will launch at its New Bedford, Mass., campus in the fall and include four courses. The courses will focus on a range of wind-related technology and practices.
At a ceremony Thursday, a BCC official said, ‘This is a program that is essential to run in New Bedford to give residents the skill sets they need to be part of our offshore wind energy future."
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