The pier on the Connecticut coast is filled with so many massive oddities that it could be mistaken for the set of a sci-fi movie. It is a launching point, not for spacecraft, but for the first wind turbines being built to turn ocean wind into electricity for New Yorkers. Crews of union workers in New London, Conn., are preparing parts of 12 of the gargantuan fans before shipping them out for final assembly 15 miles offshore. “They’re sort of space-stationesque,” said Christine Cohen, a Democratic state senator who toured the assembly site last week. Recent setbacks to several other offshore projects in the region have raised concerns about whether and when they all will be built.

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Persons: Crews, ”, Christine Cohen, it’s, ’ Organizations: Democratic Locations: Connecticut, New London, Conn