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DOE, Interior officials outline offshore wind plans - Governors' Wind Energy Coalition


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DOE, Interior officials outline offshore wind plans
Source: By David Iaconangelo, E&E News reporter • Posted: Sunday, May 16, 2021
A 6-megawatt wind turbine, part of the Block Island wind farm off New Shoreham, R.I., is shown. Scott Eisen/Getty Images
Federal officials are launching new collaborations aimed at heading off challenges to the offshore wind industry following the approval of the nation’s first full-scale project this week.
Speaking at an industry forum last week, officials from the Department of Energy, Interior Department and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission cited the need to prepare the grid and avoid transmission bottlenecks, jump-start U.S.-made supplies of turbine parts and at-sea installation vessels, and draw up the first industry-specific standards for workplace safety and environmental protection. ....

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