More than 300 executives from the maritime industry, government and academia filled the conference hall at SUNY Maritime as the State University of New York Maritime College and the Maritime Industry Museum at Fort Schuyler jointly hosted "Offshore Wind Power: Planning For America’s Ocean Energy" today in New York.
I was pleased to facilitate the lead panel entitled "East Coast Wind Farm Overview – Status of Industry,” a panel which featured executives from four of the leading companies which are investing and working to make offshore wind power a reality in the U.S., including: Julia Bovey, Director of External Affairs, Equinor Wind US; Alan Hannah, Deputy CEO, Vineyard Wind; Fred Zalcman, Head of Market Development, Ørsted; and Doug Copeland, Senior Manager for Offshore Wind, Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind.