Siemens Gamesa said it will build a nacelle factory in upstate New York if its turbines are selected for the next wind farms to be built off the state’s coast.

Ørsted's pledge to use union labor to build its U.S. offshore wind farms is proof that clean energy investments can create good paying jobs, supporters said.

Supply chain challenges and trade and tax legislation were recurrent themes in discussions at the ACORE Policy Forum.

Increasing its bet on offshore wind, the Biden administration said it will auction six lease areas near New York, enough to site at least 5.6 GW of generation.

New York will start turning policy into infrastructure in 2022, with construction of a major transmission line and the first of several offshore wind projects.