摘要: |
Gov. Maura Healey of Massachusetts announced in June that New England states, New York, and New Jersey had formally requested federal support to establish an interregional transmission planning collaboration. Successfully integrating offshore wind into the existing power grid requires substantial upgrades and planning, but complex and overlapping jurisdictions have made coordination challenging between the states. The Business Network for Offshore Wind has consistently called for increased planning and coordination in offshore wind transmission development to drive down costs, increase environmental benefits, and increase market certainty in industry development. While the U.S. offshore wind industry hits important early milestones this month, the scale of the industry's ambition is enormous. Demand for offshore wind already exceeds 80 GW, but we will fail to build out the industry and a manufacturing supply chain to support it without proper development of our electrical grid. |