U.S. Offshore Wind Poised for Exponential Growth

até 30.000 MW de capacidade, 83.000 empregos e US $ 25 bilhões em produção econômica anual até 2030

Washington, DC - O setor eólico offshore dos EUA deve oferecer benefícios econômicos significativos na próxima década, de acordo com o novo relatório, =. Avaliação de impacto econômico de energia eólica offshore , lançado hoje pela American Eind Energy Association (AWEA). In addition to providing clean, affordable, and reliable power, AWEA estimates that developing 30,000 MW of offshore wind along the East Coast could support up to 83,000 jobs and deliver $25 billion in annual economic output by 2030.

“Offshore wind is key to the future of clean energy development in the U.S. and will add to a thriving wind power industry that already represents the largest source of renewable energy in the country,” disse o CEO da AWEA, Tom Kiernan. “A indústria eólica offshore criará dezenas de milhares de empregos e fornecerá bilhões de dólares à economia, ao mesmo tempo em que oferecerá seu enorme potencial inexplorado para alimentar os principais centros populacionais da Costa Leste. Economia. O relatório da AWEA estima que o desenvolvimento dessa quantidade de vento offshore suportará até 45.000 empregos até 2025 e 83.000 empregos até 2030, dependendo do nível de crescimento e da cadeia de suprimentos de eólica offshore nos EUA, além de US $ 11, a operação de US $ 40 em que os US $ 25 e a operação de US $ 25 e a operação de US $ 25 e a operação de US $ 25 e a operação de US $ 25 e a operação de US $ 25 e a operação de US $ 25 e os US $ 25 no final dos EUA entre os EUA. Vento offshore. Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nova Jersey, Nova York e Virgínia têm alvos para obter um total de 25.400 MW de vento offshore antes de 2035. Essas políticas fornecem certeza para a indústria e permitirão o investimento na cadeia de suprimentos de eólica americana e os líderes de eólicos e os líderes do Estado e do Estado e do Estado do Estado. Políticas para ajudar essa indústria a alcançar rapidamente a escala ”, afirmou Kiernan. “O vento offshore, seguindo a rápida proliferação do vento terrestre na última década, está posicionada para alcançar um crescimento significativo e entregar empregos e produção econômica ao longo da costa leste e em todo o resto do país.”

Market projections anticipate 20,000 to 30,000 megawatts (MW) of offshore wind capacity will be operational by 2030, representing up to $57 billion of investment in the U.S. economy. AWEA’s report estimates that developing this amount of offshore wind will support up to 45,000 jobs by 2025 and 83,000 jobs by 2030, depending on the level of offshore wind build and supply chain growth within the U.S. In addition, the development, construction, and operation of offshore wind projects in the U.S. will deliver annual economic output totaling as much as $14 billion in 2025 and $25 billion in 2030.

States along the East Coast are driving demand for offshore wind. Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Virginia have targets to procure a total of 25,400 MW of offshore wind before 2035. These policies provide certainty for the industry and will enable investment in the American offshore wind supply chain.

“State leaders are seeing the environmental and economic promise of offshore wind and are stepping in to provide the vision and policies to help this industry quickly achieve scale,” Kiernan said. “Offshore wind, following on the rapid proliferation of land-based wind over the past decade, is positioned to achieve significant growth and deliver jobs and economic output along the East Coast and throughout the rest of the country.”

The offshore wind industry is poised to build on the massive growth experienced by its land-based counterpart. As noted in the report, the land-based wind industry grew from supporting 100 domestic manufacturing facilities and 50,000 jobs in 2007 to more than 500 facilities and 114,000 jobs today. Last year, land-based wind power reached more than 100 GW of operating capacity, a four-fold increase from 2008. Offshore wind is set for a similarly rapid expansion, creating new opportunities for port revitalization and vessel construction. Project developers and manufacturers have already announced more than $1.3 billion of planned investments in port infrastructure, manufacturing facilities, and supply chain development to support offshore wind.

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Join AWEA and #SupportOffshoreWind . The United States has a vast offshore wind energy resource with a technical potential of more than 2,000 gigawatts (GW), nearly double the nation’s current electricity use. Harnessing America’s offshore wind resources presents an enormous opportunity to create tens of thousands of jobs, revitalize coastal communities, and deliver large amounts of clean, reliable energy to the country’s biggest population centers. AWEA is the national trade association of the U.S. wind industry, the largest source of renewable energy in the country. We represent 1,000 member companies and over 114,000 jobs in the U.S. economy and serve as a powerful voice for how wind works for America. Visit AWEA’s new Site Para saber mais sobre os enormes benefícios econômicos, a energia eólica offshore trará para a América e não se esqueça de nos seguir Facebook , Twitter , and LinkedIn .

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