April 12, 2021
The Biden administration has already made a big bet on offshore wind, elevating the technology among the suite of options that deserve strategic attention. This support recognizes its potential to lower greenhouse gas emissions, create good jobs, and drive investment in associated infrastructure, especially along the Eastern seaboard of the United States. Such a correction was long overdue: at year-end 2020, the United States accounted for just 0.1 percent of the world’s installed capacity for offshore wind (versus 17 percent for onshore wind). For years, projects had languished in a regulatory process that was too slow, leaving the United States far behind China and several European countries. This may finally be changing.
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New York State has announced plans to launch a $20 million training institute to train thousands of workers in areas related to offshore wind development.
The State University of New York (SUNY) and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) together announced the Offshore Wind Training Institute. At $20 million, New York said the training institute marks is the largest public offshore wind investment by any state in the U.S. The institute will seek to train about 2,500 workers who will support New York State’s goal of developing 9,000 MW of offshore wind power generation by 2035, which Governor Cuomo outlined in his 2021 State of the State address.