Few in the US offshore wind power industry have been more of a driving force in getting the fledgling sector to take wing than Jeff Grybowski. He was chief executive of Deepwater Wind, developer of the nation’s first array, the 30MW Block Island; then became co-CEO of global pace-setter Orsted’s North America business, which has a leading 2.9GW development pipeline in the region; and has now stepped into the top job at US Wind, a potentially market-shaking independent aiming to ride the soon-to-boom wave of construction in the US Atlantic, with an eye on wider expansion driven by “the right projects”.
'US offshore wind may be starting slow but it is going to be quite a party'
Known for his high-profile role in building America's first wind farm at sea, Block Island, Jeff Grybowski has taken on the top job at independent US Wind with great ambitions for the coming multi-gigawatt boom, writes Darius Snieckus
12 January 2021 13:32 GMT
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10 February 2021 8:02 GMT
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