There are now two dozen turbines spinning off the East Coast – a number set to more than double by the end of the year.An operational wind turbine, two more under construction and a lifting barge at the South Fork Wind Farm in the Atlantic Ocean, on December 7, 2023. There are now two dozen turbines spinning off the East Coast – a number set to more than double by the end of the year.
Still, White House national climate adviser Ali Zaidi warned that for the industry to mature and be successful, it needs a friendly administration willing to push it along. The administration recently has approved enough projects to eventually get 10 gigawatts of power on the grid, enough to power nearly 4 million homes. And the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management plans to hold up to four lease sales this year, including ones in the Gulf of Maine and off the coast of Oregon, which are likely contenders for the“This year will be a significant year for offshore wind development,” BOEM director Elizabeth Klein told CNN in a statement.
Ordering equipment is another challenge. The US supply chain for offshore wind is still being built; therefore, projects are turning to European manufacturers to get blades, gearboxes, and other components. “Because the US is more nascent in the development of our industry than either of those two mega markets, it simply means that we have less influence than those other regions in being able to get the attention of the manufacturers,” Plummer said.
“For many years, there has been no generation being built,” Blázquez told CNN. Now, he said, Northeast governors “just want to make sure their states have energy.”
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