Wind of change?
The message was echoed by Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm in her own remarks: “I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that this administration is going to be the best partners that you have ever had in the federal government,” she said. “Because of course under the president, President Biden, America is open for business on offshore wind.” The Biden administration has sought to add 30 gigawatts of offshore wind generation to U.S. coastal waters by 2030 as part of the president’s broader climate goals.
Granholm previewed that the Energy Department is planning to release its annual offshore wind market report next Monday. “While I can’t give you the full details, I will tell you that the pipeline of offshore wind projects enjoyed incredible growth just over the last year,” she said. “We know that costs are going down, we know that wind turbine technologies just keep getting better and with the president’s Build Back Better agenda, we’re going to be able to keep that growth going and move those projects from the pipeline out to the coastline.”