The DePaulia
Jackson Healy, Contributing Writer|April 12, 2021
The answer is blowing in the wind.
On March 29, the Biden administration announced a comprehensive plan to jumpstart offshore wind energy projects along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, as well as in the Gulf of Mexico. Details of the plan include accelerating the permitting of oceanic wind projects and investing in the infrastructure, research and development necessary for construction and maintenance of the projects.
Through this plan, the administration hopes to provide enough clean energy to power 10 million homes yearly, avoid 78 million metric tons of CO2 emissions, and create around 77,000 jobs by 2033.
“Offshore wind is such a large resource, such a well-placed resource in terms of being near big population centers that will need a lot of energy, and such a reliable resource,” said Emma Searson, director of Environment America’s 100% renewable campaign. “I think it will play a really big role in kind of enabling that 100% clean future.”