U.S. Offshore Wind Industry Gets Not One, But Two Major Boosts

The U.S. wind industry — launched in California in the ’80s under the leadership of former governor Jerry Brown — has become a major player in global markets with traditional onshore power generation applications, leading the world in terms of accumulative wind capacity for the last two years. Yet efforts to move offshore, where wind resources are far superior but logistics are more challenging, have been hampered by a lack of regulatory support, particularly at the federal level of governance.

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U.S. Offshore Wind Industry Gets Not One, But Two Major Boosts