The
Atlantic
Wind
Connection
(AWC)
is
a
long-distance,
subsea
electricity
“super-highway”
that
would
connect
future
wind
projects
in
the
waters
off
New
Jersey,
Delaware,
Maryland
and
Virginia
to
the
mainland
grid.
The
high-voltage
direct-current
(HVDC)
trunkline,
with
several
spurs
designed
to
take
7GW
of
electricity
from
offshore
wind
developments
and
feed
it
into
the
four
states’
distribution
networks,
would
provide
the
infrastructure
to
supply
wind
energy
to
two
million
homes
in
the
region.
Despite
support
from
heavyweight
“sponsor”
investors
including
internet
behemoth
Google,
Swiss
green-energy
private-equity
firm
Good
Energies,…
