Offshore Wind's Bizarre Global Problem
Danish wind company Orsted wants out of a pair of New Jersey offshore wind projects so badly that it’s willing to lose up to $5.6 billion. Only one year after the Inflation Reduction Act beefed up tax incentives for renewables, the U.S. now seems further away from President Biden’s goal of generating 30 gigawatts of offshore wind power by 2030. The company—which is 51 percent owned by the Danish government—effectively told shareholders that the U.S. wind market just isn’t a great place to do bus