New York Governor Kathy Hochul has introduced step one for expedited offshore wind and land-based renewable vitality solicitations as a part of New York’s 10-Level Motion Plan to broaden its large-scale renewable trade.
To additional bolster the rising offshore wind trade, the governor additionally introduced $2.3 million in awards from the state’s Offshore Wind Coaching Institute (OWTI) to help new abilities coaching applications and put together tons of of employees for expert jobs.
The New York State Power Analysis and Growth Authority (NYSERDA) is issuing two requests for info (RFI): one for offshore wind and one for land-based renewables. The aim of those RFIs is to ask trade stakeholders to overview and touch upon the potential construction and relative deserves of expedited solicitations for Offshore Wind Renewable Power Certificates (ORECs) and Renewable Power Normal Tier 1 Certificates (RECs).
The deadline to offer suggestions to the RFIs is Thursday, Nov. 2 for the Offshore Wind RFI and Friday, Nov. 3 for the Tier 1 Land-Based mostly Renewables RFI.
The data gathered from the RFIs will inform subsequent steps to launch accelerated land-based and offshore wind procurements. NYSERDA’s common cadence of solicitations for each applications is anticipated to comply with in 2024.
“As New York continues to spend money on renewable vitality, we’ve got a necessity for expert employees who will help make our formidable local weather objectives a actuality,” says NYSERDA President and CEO Doreen M. Harris. “We additionally want a robust multi-year pipeline of renewable vitality tasks. Collectively, these vital commitments to constructing New York’s inexperienced financial system underscores the state’s unequaled drive to attaining its local weather objectives.”
