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Just over a year ago, state and corporate executives were heralding what they said could be some 870 high-paying jobs at the Port of Coeymans that would involve assembling offshore wind turbine engines and blades built by GE Vernova and LM Wind Power. But last week, those jobs vanished — at least for now — before they were ever created. That’s because two major offshore wind farms that were going to use the port as a fabrication area canceled their plans.

In the latest setback to U.S. plans to accelerate renewable energy development, New York State regulators today reported they closed the third round of offshore wind solicitation with no final awards. Last fall, New York’s Governor Kathy Hochul had hailed the round as the state’s largest investment in renewable energy, which included the preliminary selection of 4GW of offshore capacity as well as other projects.

Anger is building at the SNP-Green government over delays to approve a huge offshore wind farm project near the Fife coast which could deliver more than 4,000 jobs. The Berwick Bank development in the outer Firth of Forth has not yet been given consent, meaning it missed a key deadline to apply for Westminster funding.

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The Senate Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee discussed a bill that would lay the groundwork for procuring offshore wind energy in Delaware.