SUGAR LAND--April 12, 2016--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--An omnibus energy bill being developed in the Massachusetts House of Representatives contains a provision committing the state to buy power from offshore windfarms totaling up to 2,000 megawatts (MW). That bill is temporarily stalled behind a solar energy bill. But if it becomes law, which is no sure thing, windpower advocates say it could jump start the U.S. offshore wind industry. Within this article: Includes excerpts from several sources explaining why Massachusetts is a viable location for offshore wind.