Coal- and gas-fired plants emit harmful, deadly pollution that threatens our health, safety, and our environment. By embracing offshore wind and phasing out coal, we are moving towards our goal of reaching net zero emissions, and ensuring that the future of our planet is clean, healthy, and free of pollution.
Photo: Gary Norton, Department of Energy
Offshore wind is a renewable energy source that generates electricity by harnessing the power of wind. Unlike other fuel sources like coal or methane gas, offshore wind does not produce harmful, deadly pollution as a byproduct of energy generation.
Creating Jobs
The offshore wind sector is ready to employ up to 58,000 Americans every year from now until 2030, with high-paying, skilled careers in clean energy supported through shipbuilding, operations and maintenance ports, and the manufacturing of steel and components.
Right now, the United States is on track to produce enough electricity from offshore wind to power over 72 million homes by 2050.
We believe that bolstering offshore wind in the United States is critical to combating climate change and paving the path to a cleaner future. We are working from coast to coast to advocate for more investments in offshore wind, educate communities on the benefits of this resource, and push the energy sector to bolster its offshore wind projects.
South Fork Wind, located off the coast of Rhode Island currently generates over 130 MW of clean electricity—enough to power up to 70,000 homes and businesses in Long Island, New York!
Cape Cod, Massachusetts - On Saturday, July 13, a single blade from an offshore turbine in the Vineyard Wind 1 project suffered a failure and produced debris south of the island of Nantucket in Massachusetts. This led to a federally ordered…
New Jersey – Today, the Department of the Interior announced its approval of the Atlantic Shores South offshore wind energy project off the coast of New Jersey – the nation’s ninth approved commercial-scale, offshore wind energy project.
NEW YORK - Last week, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issued a decision allowing Sunrise Wind to begin construction on its plans for a commercial wind farm. Once completed, the project will create 924 megawatts (MW) of wind energy…
BOSTON, MA - Offshore wind is critical to achieving New England’s climate goals, reducing local energy costs, and protecting New Englanders from volatile gas prices, according to a new report authored by Synapse Energy Economics, Inc.
PORTLAND, ME. – Today, the Department of Interior (DOI) proposed a pair of wind energy auctions in the Gulf of Maine and Oregon. Accounting for 15 GW of the potential 18 GW generated from the two sales, the proposed Gulf of Maine auction includes…
