Besides producing a massive amount of clean, renewable power for local and regional use, building an offshore wind farm off the South Carolina coast could produce thousands of green jobs and millions of dollars in wages and state and local government revenues, according to a study by Clemson University’s
Restoration Institute and
Strom Thurmond Institute of Government and Public Affairs.
A 1,000-megawatt (MW) offshore wind farm built off South Carolina’s coast would create an average of more than 3,900 jobs per year during its 10-year construction period and over $2 billion in wages from 2016 to 2030, according to the new report. In addition, it would add some $620 million to state and local government revenue per year over its 10-year construction period. Entitled “
S.C. Wind Energy Supply Chain Survey and Offshore Wind Economic Impact Study,” the research was prepared for the
S.C. Energy Office.
Clean Technica
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