There's a lot happening in the offshore wind world right now: Some projects are going up, others are delayed or cancelled. There are supply chain and inflation issues, federal lawsuits and, of course, controversy over whether the industry is killing whales. Here's what you need to know.
There’s a lot happening in the offshore wind world right now, especially in the Northeast. And depending on what articles you read, the industry is booming or teetering on financial failure.
But then came a global inflation crisis, new supply chain disruptions and a growing movement of people calling for a pause on offshore wind development as dead humpback whales washed up on beaches.New turbines are going up There are seven offshore wind turbines operating in the U.S. — five near Block Island and two off the Virginia coast. Together, they can generate 42 megawatts of power. With the addition of Vineyard Wind 1 and South Fork Wind, the country will have 81 turbines capable of producing nearly a gigawatt — or 1,000 megawatts — of power.
Technicians of the Block Island Wind Farm Support Team repair a crack in the blade of one of the wind turbines. “We are experiencing a setback, but so is almost every offshore wind project across the globe,” said Sen. Mike Barrett, co-chair of the state’s Legislature's Telecommunications, Utilities, and Energy Committee.lawmakers passed a bill this summer to help another troubled project with its federal financing.
“We’ve gotta get offshore wind in here,” he said. “But it doesn’t have to happen exactly on time, as long as it happens more or less on time.”Together, the three states are looking for about 6,000 megawatts of power.leverage our collective buying power,” Healey said. “We can lower project costs and maximize benefits for ratepayers across the region. And we can increase efficiencies and reduce project risk for offshore wind developers.
“The Endangered Species Act can be particularly lethal for project developers,” he said. If a court finds a federal agency violated the National Environmental Protection Act, for instance, it can require that the project analysis be redone. But “the Supreme Court has determined that if a project is going to put an endangered species at harm, that the project can just [be forced to] stop.”
A police officer in Seaside Park N.J. rides a beach buggy near a dead whale on the beach on March 2, 2023.
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