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Offshore Wind

Maritime for the Win(d)

By Jennifer Carpenter, President & CEO, The American Waterways Operators

With the recent announcement by Secretary Deb Haaland that the Department of Interior offshore wind and maritime stakeholders holds the prom- will potentially hold up to seven new offshore lease sales ise of lasting bene? ts for our nation’s energy future. by 2025, the Biden administration has taken a signi? cant The administration’s ambitious “30 by 30” goal repre- step toward its goal of bringing online 30 gigawatts of off- sents a generational opportunity for clean energy in the shore wind energy by 2030. This development is the latest United States, for American jobs, and for the mutual suc- indicator that close collaboration now between America’s cess of offshore wind developers and the U.S. maritime © Ian Dyball / Adobe Stock www.marinelink.com MN 23|