How the climate bill would shift offshore wind in 4 states - E&E News

By David Iaconangelo · E&E

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The Senate's climate bill would remove former President Trump's 10-year moratorium on offshore wind development in the Southeast, affecting Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. However, clean energy advocates acknowledge that lifting the ban may not immediately spur offshore wind projects in most Southern states, with North Carolina emerging as the regional exception due to Duke Energy's commitment and state policy support. Chris Carnevale of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy notes that ending the moratorium gives states a chance to develop offshore wind as a complement to solar energy.

The Southeast has historically not been viewed as the best place for wind energy development, but ending Trump's moratorium would give states a chance to change that, as North Carolina has already begun to do
Chris Carnevale

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