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NJEDA approves NJ Green Bank, $7M workforce grant program
Both initiatives pertain to the Murphy administration’s ambitious clean-energy goals and will help create and prepare for jobs in the sector as well as catalyze activity around the state.
NJBIZ Conversations: Atlantic Shores CEO Joris Veldhoven
The leader talks about the challenges facing offshore wind developers in New Jersey.
$3.7M announced for NJ offshore wind research, monitoring
The funding aims to ensure the ecologically responsible development of the sector, especially following pushback and rash of marine mammal deaths last year.
Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind project enters environmental review (updated)
The 50-50 partnership between Shell New Energies US LLC and EDF Renewables North America is projected to generate 1,510 megawatts in offshore wind energy – enough to power more than 700,000 homes – as well as $1.9 billion in economic activity.
New chapter opens for NJ’s offshore wind industry
Many of the headwinds the sector faced stemmed from broader post-pandemic conditions – such as inflation, higher interest rates, supply chain issues and more – that strained many projects conceived during the pre-pandemic period.
Sweeney Center hosts offshore wind conference
The hybrid event features a number of notable speakers, including representatives from New Jersey's three approved projects: Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, Leading Light Wind and Attentive Energy.
After big setbacks, Murphy celebrates offshore project approvals
The proposals – Leading Light Wind and Attentive Energy Two – "together will provide enough energy to power over 1.8 million homes ... reduce greenhouse gas emissions by more than 6.4 million short tons annually ... [and] inject an estimated $6.8 billion into New Jersey’s economy and yield over 27,000 full-time equivalent job years," according to Kira Lawrence, a senior scientist with the Ne[...]
EAS Commercial Dive Center graduates first class
The state-of-the-art Sicklerville facility provides the workforce development and skills necessary in the evolving energy infrastructure and offshore wind spaces.
NJBPU approves 2 new offshore wind projects (updated)
"Combined, the project will inject an estimated $6.8 billion into New Jersey’s economy and yield over 27,000 full-time equivalent job years,” according to Kira Lawrence, a senior scientist with the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities.
Rutgers launches wind energy research center
Officials say the initial focus of the multidisciplinary effort will aim to address scientific and engineering challenges in testing floating offshore wind turbines, which they believe will position the university at the center of one the nation’s most ambitious research projects in the field.
Ørsted cancellations create uncertainty around NJ’s offshore wind future
The two projects were projected to create a combined capacity of 2,200 megawatts and to power up to 1 million homes while creating thousands of jobs.
Fallout from Ørsted’s Ocean Wind cancellations continues in NJ
As election week begins, criticisms, harsh rhetoric and finger-pointing continue to abound from the abrupt decision by the Danish energy company to pull the plug on the two offshore wind projects it was slated to develop off the coast of South Jersey.
