Climate Adaptation
Virus Throws New Wrench into U.S.’s Moribund Offshore Wind Plans
- Orsted says lockdowns prevent progress on needed surveys
- New York, New Jersey counting on wind power for climate goals
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The nascent U.S. offshore wind industry is off to a rocky start, and stay-at-home orders are making it worse.
Restrictions in New York, New Jersey and elsewhere that have closed businesses and stalled construction projects are hampering undersea surveys and other steps necessary to start building wind farms in the Atlantic Ocean, developer Orsted A/S said in a filing Thursday. It comes as the Trump administration has already delayed permitting for projects.