But project development continues in the state—with builder Skanska gaining a $861M NYC port upgrade contract—and in the US, with federal lease auctions now set for offshore Maine and Oregon as first of 12
through 2028, and NJ announcing it will seek up to 4 GW capacity add.
Guiding the state’s push to reach nation-leading goals in clean energy deployment, the chief of the NY State Energy Research and Development Authority acknowledges the “heavy lift” ahead amid construction headwinds but says the challenge to mitigate climate change is "compelling."