Biden wind energy projects outsourcing jobs to Europe
Employees with Ipsun Solar install solar panels on the roof of the Peace Lutheran Church in Alexandria, Virginia on May 17, 2021. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Joe Biden has promised that his push for renewable energy will create more manufacturing jobs for Americans. He was reported saying, “there is simply no reason the blades for wind turbines can’t be built in Pittsburgh instead of Beijing. No reason.”
Except, in reality, most of the manufacturing jobs will actually be created in Europe.
The Vineyard Wind project, off the coast of Massachusetts, is expected to produce enough electricity to power 400,000 homes in New England by 2023. The windfarm is a joint venture between Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners and Avangrid Inc. which is part of the Iberdrola group.
SSE chief executive Alistair Phillips-Davies has outlined his confidence in a bigger domestic supply chain emerging alongside a fast-growing UK offshore wind energy industry.
US to open California coast to wind power
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25/05/2021 - 23:53 Wind turbines off Rhode Island the United States is now opening up Californian waters for wind projects Don EMMERT AFP/File 2 min
Washington (AFP)
The US government is set to open California s Pacific coast to offshore wind farms, officials announced Tuesday, adding to the approval of the nation s biggest wind project to date off Massachusetts.
The opening up of California waters came after a resolution to longstanding opposition from the Pentagon, which uses the ocean waters for military exercises and had put swaths of coast off limits to the industry, officials said.