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  The development of the offshore wind energy sector is creating an entirely new use of the U.S. ocean. The federal government and several states are pursuing an ambitious schedule for developing offshore wind energy. As part of the Biden – Harris Administration’s clean energy and climate mitigation priorities, the President set a goal of responsibly deploying 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy nationwide by 2030 while protecting biodiversity and promoting ocean co-use, and this is intended to be a pathway to developing 110 gigawatts by 2050.1 Interdependencies of the research foci of the NMFS West Coast Offshore Wind Energy Strategic Science Plan.Graphic by Su Kim, NMFS/NWFSC. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is the lead federal agency for offshore energy siting, leasing, and permitting. NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS, or NOAA Fisheries) is responsible for the stewardship of the nation’s living marine resources and their habitat. BOEM seeks consultati...

  Offshore Wind Company Will Retrain NY Power Plant Union for Clean Energy Jobs © esbobeldijk / Adobe Stock An offshore wind developer partly owned by TotalEnergies said on Monday it has agreed to retrain and keep roughly 100 union workers from a New York City natural gas-fired power plant that it intends to repurpose for its project. The company, called Attentive Energy One, has proposed a 1.4 gigawatt (GW) offshore wind installation off New York that would connect to the mainland grid at the site of the Ravenswood plant in Queens, and is competing for a power contract with the state. The company is a joint venture between TotalEnergies, the French energy giant, and Rise Light & Power, the unit of New York-based energy investment firm LS Power that operates the 1960s-era Ravenswood generating station. Clint Plummer, chief executive of Rise Light & Power, told Reuters he believes the agreement to retrain and employ the power plant workers is an important aspect of Attentive...