Blue Water Shipping Hires O’Keeffe in US Offshore Wind Push
wind farm off Rhode Island.While the United States is early in its industry development, the country boasts a project pipeline of 11.6 GW and prospective 32 GW market to be built within the next 15 years. Earlier this year the federal government gave approval to the Vineyard Wind project off the Atlantic Coast and will soon move into manufacturing and construction phases
Senator Mulls Offshore Wind Job Pact
laid out a plan to solicit an additional 1,600 MW of offshore wind by 2024.The U.S. Energy Department found that the United States could install a total of 22,000 megawatts of offshore wind projects by 2030 and 86,000 MW by 2050, creating tens of thousands of jobs in coastal communities along the Atlantic Coast.“The introduction of offshore wind facilities off the coast of Massachusetts is poised to create tens of thousands of new jobs across the region,” wrote Senator Markey in his letters.“All offshore wind projects off the coast of Massachusetts should enter into Project Labor Agreements
Maritime Schools Must Prep for Offshore Wind Jobs
The offshore wind industry in the United States is growing exponentially, with multiple projects in the development stages off of the Atlantic coast. The total megawatt capacity of U.S. offshore wind farms is anticipated to reach 22,000 by 2030 and 43,000 by 2050. To support this growth, U.S. Department of Energy reports estimate over 40,000 new jobs will be created by 2030.The new jobs anticipated to support the offshore wind industry include a wide range of types, including engineers, trade workers, surveyors, scientists, technicians, managers, and seafarers. Wind turbine technician has been one of
Prepare Now for 40,000 Offshore Wind Jobs
The offshore wind industry in the United States is growing exponentially, with multiple projects in the development stages off of the Atlantic coast. The total megawatt capacity of U.S. offshore wind farms is anticipated to reach 22,000 by 2030 and 43,000 by 2050. To support this growth, U.S. Department of Energy reports estimate over 40,000 new jobs will be created by 2030.The new jobs anticipated to support the offshore wind industry include a wide range of types, including engineers, trade workers, surveyors, scientists, technicians, managers, and seafarers. Wind turbine technician has been one of
Alberta Bureaucrat Appointed To Head Canada's Energy Regulator
port in northern British Columbia, and that company's planned reversal of its Line 9 pipeline that will let Alberta oil reach Montreal. However the new chair will have to oversee hearings into TransCanada Corp's planned Energy East oil pipeline from Alberta to the Atlantic coast and Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP's proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, which will triple the size of an existingEdmonton, Alberta, to Vancouver to 890,000 barrels per day. Rickford on Friday also appointed Lyne Mercier, who has served on the regulator's
