Illinois could enter the race to build the first offshore wind farm on the Great Lakes, under a bill proposed by State Rep. Marcus Evans.
But a 2014 study by the U.S. Department of Energy indicates that the Great LakesThe project — including construction and operation — is intended to benefit Black and Latino neighborhoods, in keeping with the state’s goal of an inclusive transition to clean energy.Wind turbines in McLean County on Aug. 24, 2022.
Supporters of the project include People for Community Recovery, the Sierra Club and the Chicago Federation of Labor, Evans said.At Blacks in Green, a green community economic development nonprofit based in West Woodlawn, founder and CEO Naomi Davis said she strongly supports the concept of a wind farm on Lake Michigan, but she is concerned that Black people will be excluded from the jobs the proposed bill would generate.
“We’re high on wind,” she said. “But America has been built on our backs, and we’re just done with that model.”, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The bill sets up a bidding process for companies that want to construct the 12- to 15-turbine wind farm and requires that bidders file equity and inclusion plans.last year, as the obvious choice for a pioneering offshore wind project.
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