To meet clean energy goals, offshore wind needs all hands on deck.
. The US faces additional restrictions because of the Jones Act, which stipulates that ships moving between two points in the US need to be built, owned, crewed, and registered in the US.
Crucially, President Joe Biden also moved to ease another major bottleneck: securing specialized ships The very first Jones Act-compliant ship built in the US is supposed to be completed next year. To hasten the construction of more ships, Biden announced priority financing for offshore wind vessels today. They’ll be designated as “Vessels of National Interest” by the Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration.
The Biden administration is also developing an “offshore wind supply chain roadmap” to figure out what steps are needed to meet state and federal goals on wind energy. Biden plans to expand US offshore wind capacity from 42 megawatts today toTo get there, the US will have to build a lot more wind farms.
Meanwhile, the 11 governors joining the partnership plan to work together with the Biden administration to tackle issues that cross state borders. Those issues range from building out transmission lines to managing fishing. Offshore wind’shas been one sore spot that states will have to address as part of their push for clean energy.
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