THE NEW JERSEY WIND PORT
is the nation's first greenfield port designed, built and operated exclusively to support offshore wind projects.
“Investing in offshore wind is vital to building a stronger, greener economy that creates high-paying jobs to support a robust recovery from the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and paves the way for long-term, equitable growth…The New Jersey Wind Port will create thousands of high-quality jobs, bring millions of investment dollars to our state, and establish New Jersey as the national capital of offshore wind.”
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy
The New Jersey Wind Port (NJWP) is the nation’s first greenfield port designed, built and operated exclusively to support offshore wind projects.
The State of New Jersey is developing the Port to address a critical infrastructure gap, with the nation’s existing ports ill-equipped to meet the needs of offshore wind projects. Key limitations with existing ports include bridges between ports and the open ocean (which prohibits the vertical float-out of turbines), a lack of space for component laydown (which is needed because components are too big to move by rail or road and must be stored wharf side) and wharfs unable to bear the weight of turbines (with components such as a nacelle weighing more than twice that of a fully-loaded 747 jet).
By tackling this infrastructure gap, the NJWP will safeguard New Jersey’s ability to meet its goal of 11 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind by 2040 and, in-turn, its goal of transitioning to a 100 percent clean-energy economy by 2050, at the same time creating thousands of new green economy jobs.
The New Jersey Wind Port (NJWP) is the nation’s first greenfield port designed, built and operated exclusively to support offshore wind projects.
The State of New Jersey is developing the Port to address a critical infrastructure gap, with the nation’s existing ports ill-equipped to meet the needs of offshore wind projects.
The New Jersey Wind Port (NJWP) is the nation’s first greenfield port designed, built and operated exclusively to support offshore wind projects.
The State of New Jersey is developing the Port to address a critical infrastructure gap, with the nation’s existing ports ill-equipped to meet the needs of offshore wind projects.
Key limitations with existing ports include bridges between ports and the open ocean (which prohibits the vertical float-out of turbines), a lack of space for component laydown (which is needed because components are too big to move by rail or road and must be stored wharf side) and wharfs unable to bear the weight of turbines (with components such as a nacelle weighing more than twice that of a fully-loaded 747 jet).
By tackling this infrastructure gap, the NJWP will safeguard New Jersey’s ability to meet its goal of 11 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind by 2040 and, in-turn, its goal of transitioning to a 100 percent clean-energy economy by 2050, at the same time creating thousands of new green economy jobs.
The New Jersey Wind Port (NJWP) is the nation’s first greenfield port designed, built and operated exclusively to support offshore wind projects. The State of New Jersey is developing the Port to address a critical infrastructure gap, with the nation’s existing ports ill-equipped to meet the needs of offshore wind projects.
Situated on the eastern shore of the Delaware River in Lower Alloways Creek, Salem County,
the NJWP is located at the center of the burgeoning East Coast wind belt. It offers an unrivaled combination of:
Over 220 acres of developable space, allowing for wharf-adjacent turbine manufacturing.
Open access to the Atlantic Ocean free of vertical restrictions (e.g. bridges), enabling use of jack-up installation vessels.
Heavy-lift wharfs and component laydown areas, sized to the next generation of turbines built to handle the weight of turbines and their components.
Access to a highly skilled trades and technical work force.
The NJWP is one of only a handful of East Coast ports with the ability to accommodate marshalling (i.e., staging and assembly of turbine
components prior to their transport offshore) as well as turbine manufacturing. Co-location allows wind farms to lower their project costs by
avoiding the need to double handle components between ports, resulting in lower energy prices for New Jersey ratepayers.
The NJWP is expected to create up to 1,500 ongoing manufacturing, stevedoring and operations jobs directly, and will indirectly
support the creation of up to 20,000 wind sector jobs across the state by 2030.
Situated on the eastern shore of the Delaware River in Lower Alloways Creek, Salem County,
the NJWP is located at the center of the burgeoning East Coast wind belt. It offers an unrivaled combination of:
Over 220 acres of developable space, allowing for wharf-adjacent turbine manufacturing.
Open access to the Atlantic Ocean free of vertical restrictions (e.g. bridges), enabling use of jack-up installation vessels.
Heavy-lift wharfs and component laydown areas, sized to the next generation of turbines built to handle the weight of turbines and their components.
Access to a highly skilled trades and technical work force.
The NJWP is one of only a handful of East Coast ports with the ability to accommodate marshalling (i.e., staging and assembly of turbine components prior to their transport offshore) as well as turbine manufacturing.
Co-location allows wind farms to lower their project costs by avoiding the need to double handle components between ports, resulting in lower energy prices for New Jersey ratepayers.
The NJWP is expected to create up to 1,500 ongoing manufacturing, stevedoring and operations jobs directly, and will indirectly support the creation of up to 20,000 wind sector jobs across the state by 2030.
Situated on the eastern shore of the Delaware River in Lower Alloways Creek, Salem County, the NJWP is located at the center of the burgeoning East Coast wind belt. It offers an unrivaled combination of:
Over 220 acres of developable space, allowing for wharf-adjacent turbine manufacturing.
Open access to the Atlantic Ocean free of vertical restrictions (e.g. bridges), enabling use of jack-up installation vessels.
Heavy-lift wharfs and component laydown areas, sized to the next generation of turbines built to handle the weight of turbines and their components.
Access to a highly skilled trades and technical work force.
The NJWP is one of only a handful of East Coast ports with the ability to accommodate marshalling (i.e., staging and assembly of turbine components prior to their transport offshore) as well as turbine manufacturing.
Co-location allows wind farms to lower their project costs by avoiding the need to double handle components between ports, resulting in lower energy prices for New Jersey ratepayers.
The NJWP is expected to create up to 1,500 ongoing manufacturing, stevedoring and operations jobs directly, and will indirectly support the creation of up to 20,000 wind sector jobs across the state by 2030.
“The New Jersey Wind Port represents the kind of technological innovation, broad-based partnership, and bold investment that we need to meet the climate challenge and create good jobs and an inclusive workforce in our country…This project and the good jobs that come with it serves as an important model for future infrastructure investments in this country.”
U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh
“The New Jersey Wind Port represents the kind of technological innovation, broad-based partnership, and bold investment that we need to meet the climate challenge and create good jobs and an inclusive workforce in our country…This project and the good jobs that come with it serves as an important model for future infrastructure investments in this country.”
U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh