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Bill would refocus offshore wind office into broader Office of Energy Innovation amid fisheries and cost concerns
Summary
House Bill 682 would rename and refocus the Department of Energy's Office of Offshore Wind Industry Development and Energy Innovation to an Office of Energy Innovation with a broader technology remit. Supporters said the change recognizes risks and costs tied to offshore wind development in the Gulf of Maine; opponents and conservation witnesses
House Bill 682 would change the Department of Energy office name and mission from the Office of Offshore Wind Industry Development and Energy Innovation to the Office of Energy Innovation and move certain advisory bodies into that office; the change deemphasizes an exclusive focus on offshore wind and expands the office's remit to other emerging technologies.
Representative JD Mori (Rockingham 36) introduced the bill on behalf of Representative Harrington and said the goal is to broaden the office's work to include solar, hydrogen, nuclear and battery technologies as well as wind. "This bill refocuses the Department of Energy's Office of Wind, Offshore Wind Industry and Energy Innovation to be just the DOE's Office of Energy Innovation,"…
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