Connecticut’s first offshore wind project, Revolution Wind, is under construction today, with the wind turbine components being staged out of New London State Pier. As the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, or DEEP, considers which offshore wind project should follow Revolution Wind, it should look to maximize the role that State Pier will play in the state and region’s offshore wind future, helping to secure investment and employment opportunities for our community for many years to come. The transformation of our State Pier has been impressive, with workers busy today staging and assembling turbine components for Revolution Wind and cranes once again dotting our waterfront. The Pier already made history for its role in South Fork Wind, the country’s first commercial-scale wind project, which completed construction earlier this year and is delivering power to New York. Starboard Wind would create more jobs in Connecticut, including at the State Pier, and bring an estimated $420 million of direct investment and expenditure to our state.
Opinion: New London at center of vital emerging American energy industry