The US federal government should open up new offshore wind leasing areas in the US Atlantic to help refill coffers being emptied by Covid-19 economic stimulus funding, while also giving a boost to employment from the energy sector during a period “that will be spoken of like the [Great] Depression”, the head of German developer EnBW’s North American operations has said.
Offshore wind can provide US economic aid at a time 'like the Great Depression'
New leasing will generate revenue for a government spending hard to lessen the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the national economy, says EnBW North America boss
21 April 2020 16:13 GMT
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21 April 2020 21:09 GMT
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