Three US States in New England (Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut) have announced the first offshore wind multi-state coordination memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop up to 6 GW of capacity. The three states will seek the offshore wind proposals for selection in 2024.
As part of this scheme, Rhode Island Energy announced earlier in October 2023 that it would issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) to develop about 1.2 GW of new offshore wind capacity. In September 2023, Massachusetts also issued an RFP, aiming to procure 3.6 GW of new offshore wind generation capacity.
At the federal level, the United States aims for 30 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2030 and 15 GW of floating offshore wind capacity by 2035 (only 42 MW were operational at the end of 2022).
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