TotalEnergies and Corio Generation have secured a 20-year contract from the state of New Jersey for their Attentive Energy Two offshore wind project

RWE has been awarded a development area with a capacity of about 3GW

The ‘biggest offshore wind lease sale’ in the US has secured $3bn bids so far

The lease areas are predicted to generate enough energy to power nearly two million homes

The legislation requires the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to evaluate the environmental and public health impacts of certain facilities, including fossil fuel plants, on overburdened communities

The project forms part of the state’s commitment to generate 100% clean energy by 2050

The update is a result of new guidelines announced by the State Board of Education and outlines plans for New Jersey’s 1.4 million students to study about climate crisis from kindergarten through to graduation

The state previously set a target for 3,500MW of offshore wind energy generation by 2030

The 1,100MW Ocean Wind offshore wind farm is expected to power more than half a million homes

The US state has announced it aims to deploy 3.5GW of offshore wind and 2GW of storage capacity by 2030