The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) convened New Jersey business leaders to promote the state’s offshore wind strategy with an in-state supply chain. As a key component in New Jersey’s clean energy initiative, offshore wind will help New Jersey reach 100% clean energy by 2050.
The Offshore Wind Supply Chain Networking Event at Princeton University’s Andlinger Center for Energy and Environment provided information about the state’s plans for offshore wind, supply chain opportunities, available incentives, and workforce development programs.
The event was co-sponsored by the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Department of Environmental Protection, and Department of Labor and Workforce Development, as well as several offshore wind related businesses.
New Jersey highlighted the economic and environmental benefits of offshore wind and opened a solicitation in September for 1,100 megawatts (MW) of offshore wind, the nation’s largest single-state solicitation of offshore wind to date. The Governor of New Jersey, Phil Murphy, has also called on the NJBPU to open additional solicitations for 1,200 MW in 2020 and 2022.
In addition to the obvious clean energy benefits as we attempt to combat the impacts of climate change, the scale of the solicitation is designed to attract the offshore wind supply chain to New Jersey and to create new jobs and economic activity, all while reducing greenhouse emissions.
NJBPU President Joseph L. Fiordaliso stated.
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Furthermore, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, which co-sponsored the event, remained fully engaged in supporting Governor Murphy’s goal of 3,500 MW of offshore wind by 2030 and transforming New Jersey into a 100 percent clean energy state by 2050.
Wind provides an abundant, clean source of energy that will help New Jersey address climate change caused by the emissions of greenhouse gases from fossil fuel power plants.
DEP Commissioner Catherine R. McCabe said.
