Getting away from fossil fuels in the energy sector is important and offshore wind along with solar and batteries is the way to do it according to the federal government in many states.

That's reporter David Borax who has been reporting on wind energy for years.

The reason getting away from fossil fuels is important is because it's key to fighting climate change.

One of the states embracing wind energy, New Jersey.

About two years ago, the state's Democratic governor Phil Murphy

triumphantly announced a new partnership for offshore wind projects.

So all in all, this is a huge moment. This truly is a vision

turning into reality. This is if you will New Jersey's if you build it they will come

moment.

He said that the state would be partnering with the Danish company Orsted, the largest

developer of offshore wind projects in the world.

The company had agreed to build Ocean Wind 1, the state's first offshore wind farm

powering half a million homes and creating thousands of jobs in the process.

But even with this progress, we're still not done. We know that the industry is going to need a highly trained workforce.

After all, windmills don't just magically appear.

They need women and men who know how they go together and work to put them together and to make them work.

The following year, Orstead inked another deal with the state for Ocean Wind 2,

a second offshore wind farm with similar capacity.

After years of review, the projects were approved in summer 2023.

Construction of the first turbines was slated to begin in the fall.

And then...

Danish developer Orsted is scrapping plans to build wind farms off the coast of the Jersey shore.

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