An amendment to a US Coastguard Bill could potentially “cripple” the country’s nascent offshore industry, according to the association American Clean Power (ACP).
In response to passage of the Don Young Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022 in the House of Representatives, ACP chief executive Heather Zichal said that the association is “extremely concerned about the maritime crewing provision as it will cripple the development of the American offshore wind industry”.
If passed into law, the provision would prevent the US from achieving the administration’s target of deploying 30GW of offshore wind by 2030, stated ACP.
“As the voice of industry, we remain committed to working with the US Senate to stop this anti-jobs provision from being enacted and holding back our nation’s ability to produce more sources of clean homegrown energy,” Zichal said.