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Rather than increasing our reliance on government support of housing, why don’t we develop a strategy to wean ourselves away from this dependence?

The US States of Maryland and Massachusetts have selected a total of four new offshore wind projects in their latest solicitation rounds, enabling the addition of more than 3.2 GW of new offshore wind capacity in the country that set its 2030 target to 30 GW at the beginning of this year.

These projects will double the size of our current offshore wind procurements," Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Kathleen Theoharides said.

The offshore wind industry took a big step forward this month. The state awarded contracts for two new windfarms. That could shake up the economies, and even the look and feel, of some South Coast communities. CAI host Patrick Flanary spoke with South Coast reporter Daniel Ackerman about the new wind farm contracts.

With more than 30 GW of offshore wind power capacity under development along the US East Coast, power market participants are paying close attention to when these projects will begin delivering power into the regional markets, with several milestones expected in 2022.