North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper issued an executive order (EO) that set offshore wind energy procurement targets of 2.8GW by 2030 and 8GW by 2040, assigning the sector a major role in the mid-Atlantic state’s clean energy transition.
The 8GW ambition is second only to New York (9GW by 2035) among US east coast states and ahead of New Jersey (7.5GW),
