Oceantic Network
The Oceantic Network, formerly the Business Network for Offshore Wind, is a member-based organization based in Baltimore that is dedicated to growing the offshore wind and other ocean renewable industries and their supply chains.
State policymakers and industry leaders at the Alliance for Clean Energy New York’s Fall Conference offered messages of full support even as they acknowledged the federal roadblocks thrown in their path.
BOEM is formally seeking to vacate approval of the US Wind project off the Maryland coast, saying it made errors in granting the approval.
The Trump administration is moving to close the door on U.S. offshore wind development by remanding approvals for all projects not already under construction.
The Trump administration has slapped Ørsted with a stop-work order on Revolution Wind, a 704-MW project off the New England coast that is 80% complete.
States looking to upgrade their grid to accept offshore wind power should look for secondary benefits to lure support, speakers said at the International Partnering Forum 25 conference.
The sudden halt of the offshore wind sector has left states holding high-investment wind ports that for a while at least won’t be needed, raising questions about how states can use the pricey assets.
Offshore wind advocates are closely monitoring and vigorously lobbying Congress to assess and shape potential changes to the Inflation Reduction Act and its budget.
Conference attendees are optimistic that the rapidly rising demand for energy will mean the federal government eventually will have to harness wind power.
Gov. Phil Murphy called offshore wind a “once-in-a-generation opportunity” to build a new industry and create jobs, but said he supported the BPU’s decision.
Oceantic Network released a report on the thousands of jobs created and billions of dollars invested through more than 1,900 supplier contracts that span 40 states.
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