The Administration says that would power more than 10 million homes with clean, renewable energy. The Biden-Harris Administration has a target of 30 gigawatts of offshore wind projects by 2030 using tax credits as incentives. They say the shipyard will employ 1,000 union workers to build the vessel using steel that was manufactured in Indiana. The Biden administration estimates building the vessel Acadia in South Philadelphia will generate $125 million in economic activity each year. Orsted also has a second project, Ocean Wind 2, which the company says will power an additional 500,000 homes. Two other offshore wind projects are in the works for New Jersey, including Atlantic Shores, a partnership of Shell New Energy and EDF Renewables, which aims to provide power to one million homes. Last September, Murphy increased the state’s target for energy from wind turbines from 7,500 megawatts to 11,000 megawatts by 2040. Governor Phil Murphy says he wants to make New Jersey the wind energy hub for the East Coast and is in a race to build more facilities than New York and Massachusetts. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has approved two other East Coast projects – Vineyard Wind off the coast of Massachusetts and South Fork Wind off the coast of New York. It’s estimated to provide enough power for 500,000 homes. Ocean Wind I, a project of the Danish company Orsted, will include 98 turbines about 15 miles off of Atlantic City. The Biden Administration approved the construction of the state’s first offshore wind farm earlier this month. The wind port and Paulsboro hub are expected to create 2,500 jobs. New Jersey is also building a 200-acre wind port near the Hope Creek nuclear power plant in Salem County. The monopiles, which are the large poles that support the turbines, are being built at the Port of Paulsboro. “Across the Delaware River in Paulsboro, New Jersey, workers are rolling the steel foundation for another large-scale wind project.” “Our investing in America agenda is bringing our clean energy supply chains home,” Biden told the crowd of union workers and supporters. President Joe Biden visited Philly Shipyard to tout the growth of the offshore wind industry in the region and to announce the first lease sale in the waters off of the Gulf of Mexico. WHYY thanks our sponsors - become a WHYY sponsor
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