Doug O'Malley
State Director, Environment New Jersey
State Director, Environment New Jersey
Environment New Jersey
Trenton – Governor Phil Murphy today at the Global Climate Summit announced a major step forward to harness New Jersey’s off-shore wind potential. This coming Monday, the NJ BPU will consider inviting bids for 1,100 megawatts (MW) of offshore wind and the Governor also called for future solititications of 1,200 MW in 2020 and 2022.
Doug O’Malley, Director of Environment New Jersey, issued the following statement:
“We’re facing rising seas, intensifying storms, and unprecedented health threats because we’ve relied so long on dirty energy sources. But sitting right here next to us is the Atlantic Ocean, and offshore wind can provide a massive source of clean, renewable energy. Under Gov. Murphy, New Jersey is jumpstarting our offshore wind industry by making bold pledges – and then working to achieve them. We have seen a breakneck pace at the BPU to move forward with offshore wind after the inertia of the Christie era, and it couldn’t be more welcome.
There’s no reason that New Jersey can’t be the national leader in offshore wind. Gov. Murphy’s commitments today on offshore wind will bring us closer to achieving a massive clean, renewable energy right within out grasp offshore. It’s time to go big on wind and Governor Murphy is leading the charge.”
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Today’s announcement also buttressed the findings of the latest Environment New Jersey Research & Policy Center report on offshore wind potential, Wind Power to Spare: The Enormous Energy Potential of Atlantic Offshore Wind, which found: