New Jersey Plans First Purpose-Built Offshore Wind Port in the U.S.

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According to the state, current plans for offshore wind development on the U.S. East Coast call for turbines to be partially assembled in port and then shipped out to the installation site vertically. Some of the installed components can be up to 500 feet in height. This means that any air draft restrictions generally take a seaport out of consideration. In addition, the projects' dock strength requirements for cargo handling are beyond the capacity of most East Coast piers, the state said. 

New Jersey aims to achieve an ambitious 7,500 megawatts of offshore wind power by 2035 - about twice the state's current nuclear power-generating capacity. Projects in nearby states could raise that number considerably: all in all, the state predicts about $100 billion in offshore wind investment up and down the East Coast by 2030. 

“By providing a location that can accommodate the industry’s manufacturing and marshalling needs, the New Jersey Wind Port will make New Jersey an international leader in offshore wind and a hub of the East Coast wind industry,” said Liz Burdock, President and CEO of the Business Network for Offshore Wind. "This is a concrete step toward an offshore wind supply chain born in the USA.”

 

https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/new-jersey-plans-first-purpose-built-offshore-wind-port-in-the-u-s

[BradleyPNW + 282]

One Washington Monument after another will float out of there. 

 

[Dan Clemmensen + 1,011]

11 hours ago, BradleyPNW said:

One Washington Monument after another will float out of there. 

 

 

Cool! can we fit a turbine on top of the Washington Monument? The monument was built with crowdsourced funding, not government funding,so we can do the same for the turbine add-on. 🙂

 

[BradleyPNW + 282]

20 minutes ago, Dan Clemmensen said:

Cool! can we fit a turbine on top of the Washington Monument? The monument was built with crowdsourced funding, not government funding,so we can do the same for the turbine add-on. 🙂

I'm ok with government funding due to the national security advantages of offshore wind power. It could have public health advantages too if the power reduces coal combustion.