Government Energy Policy, Business and Technology

The “Time is Now” for Offshore Wind in the United States

Renewable Energy World: There can be no question that across the globe, energy systems are transitioning from the old, dirty way of generating electricity to a new clean energy future that embraces carbon-free electricity powered by renewable energy. Add to that the fact that the wind that blows off U.S. coastal waters and in the great lakes could power the country more than two times over and you quickly come to the conclusion that the time is now to develop offshore wind in the U.S.

Renewable energy goals such as New York’s 50 percent renewables by 2030 and Massachusetts’ recent enactment of legislation calling for 1.6 GW of offshore wind energy to be added to the grid by 2030 mean that offshore wind will play a large role in the energy mix of the future.

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