America’s Troubled Offshore Wind Push May Yet Take Off
A lift boat off the beach at the site of the South Fork Wind project. Credit: Bloomberg
Recent headlines on US offshore wind have been grim: big developments delayed or scrapped; billions of dollars in losses; jumbled supply chains; and the potential return of a professed wind-hater to the White House.
But at an industry conference in New Orleans last week, the mood was defiantly optimistic. Speaker after speaker talked up the sector’s bright future in front of an audience of more than a thousand.