Can Northeast states turn their offshore wind goals into reality?

Energy News Network: Northeastern states are engaged in a game of renewable one-upmanship.

Early last month, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont, a Democrat, signed a bill into law calling for 2 gigawatts of offshore wind, or roughly enough to meet a third of the state’s electric demand. New Jersey followed a few weeks later with its first contract for a 1.1-gigawatt project off the coast of the Garden State. The biggest announcement of all arrived last week, when New York announced two contracts worth 1.7 GW of power.

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