From water depth to turbine sizes, everything about European offshore-wind power is getting larger, except cost.

The over-ambitious Cape Wind offshore farm in Massachusetts hit a wall after 15 years, but developers now see new ways to boost water-based wind in the U.S. power mix.

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John Fish steered his company, Suffolk Construction Co., through the Great Recession of 2009 with a cheerful optimism and plenty of ambition.