Windpower Engineering & Development

  • Home
  • Articles
    • Most recent posts
    • News
    • Featured
  • Resources
    • Digital issues
    • Podcasts
    • Suppliers
    • Webinars
    • Events
  • Videos
  • 2025 Leadership
    • 2024 Winners
    • 2023 Winners
    • 2022 Winners
  • Magazine
  • Advertise
  • Subscribe

Business Network for Offshore Wind commends NJBPU offshore ruling

By Michelle Froese | June 21, 2019

According to the NJBPU, today’s decision represents single largest award for offshore wind in U.S. to date and moves New Jersey closer to its goal of 3.5 GW of offshore wind by 2030.

Today, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) made a historic announcement, approving Ørsted’s solicitation for its1,100-MW Ocean Wind project. As New Jersey works toward a goal of 100% clean energy, the offshore wind project is expected to generate $1.17 billion in economic benefits and provide about 15,000 jobs.

Liz Burdock, CEO & president of the Business Network for Offshore Wind, a non-profit dedicated to establishing an offshore wind supply chain in the U.S., released this statement: “The award of this long-term power purchase agreement means that Ørsted can now move ahead aggressively to develop the U.S. supply chain and start the process of ordering the towers, blades, foundations, cables, and hundreds of other parts and components that will be assembled into a massive wind farm,” she said.

This bid award also means that Governor Murphy’s goal of 3500 MW of offshore wind by 2030 is well under way, with the next solicitation opening in 2020 and the third Request for Proposal (RFP) going out in 2022.

“The scale of New Jersey’s award along with the state’s procurement schedule and transparent process also gives manufacturers the confidence needed to make the investments required to set up the a local supply chain and manufacturing,” said Burdock. “This is what I meant when I said during our IPF conference in April that the offshore wind industry is now and it’s real — real contracts for offshore wind power, real companies being hired, real high-skilled jobs being filled, real clean power for New Jersey consumers.”

She added: “We congratulate our Network member Ørsted on winning this highly competitive bid. We look forward to working with them as they mobilize the US based offshore wind supply chain to build, assemble and install their offshore wind farms by 2024-25, and operate them through to 2050.”


Filed Under: News, Offshore wind, Projects
Tagged With: Ørsted
 

About The Author

Michelle Froese

Related Articles Read More >

US government allows Empire Wind offshore project to resume construction
Richardson Electronics to deliver pitch energy modules to TransAlta wind fleets
Equinor halts work on Empire Wind offshore project after federal government order
ARESCA wants input on offshore wind standards

Podcasts

Wind Spotlight: Looking back at a year of Thrive with ZF Wind Power
See More >

Windpower Engineering & Development Digital Edition

Digital Edition

Browse the most current issue of Windpower Engineering & Development and back issues in an easy to use high quality format. Clip, share and download with the leading wind power engineering magazine today.

Windpower Engineering & Development
  • Wind Articles
  • Solar Power World
  • Subscribe to Windpower Engineering
  • About Us/Contact Us

Copyright © 2025 WTWH Media LLC. All Rights Reserved. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of WTWH Media
Privacy Policy | Advertising

Search Windpower Engineering & Development

  • Home
  • Articles
    • Most recent posts
    • News
    • Featured
  • Resources
    • Digital issues
    • Podcasts
    • Suppliers
    • Webinars
    • Events
  • Videos
  • 2025 Leadership
    • 2024 Winners
    • 2023 Winners
    • 2022 Winners
  • Magazine
  • Advertise
  • Subscribe