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Given how large offshore wind components are and that most are too big to travel by road or in some cases rail, ports with waterfront access are key to developing a local supply chain. The New Jersey Wind Port in Salem County is New Jersey’s crown jewel investment—more than $600M has been invested to create a unique development that can accommodate co-located manufacturing and marshalling (the final assembly of components before being installed in the ocean). Other ports around the state are also important, including manufacturing at the Port of Paulsboro and smaller operations and maintenance ports planned in Atlantic City and northern New Jersey.
The New Jersey Wind Port is a transformative, hub-style marshalling and manufacturing port that will serve offshore wind projects in New Jersey and up and down the U.S. East Coast.
The New Jersey Economic Development Authority is developing New Jersey Wind Port to position New Jersey as a hub for the U.S. offshore wind industry. The New Jersey Wind Port promises to position New Jersey as a hub for the U.S. offshore wind industry.
The Paulsboro Marine Terminal, which is owned by the South Jersey Port Corporation and opened in 2017, is approximately 30 nautical miles up-river from the New Jersey Wind Port and is home to EEW AOS, the first offshore wind monopile manufacturing facility in the United States. Construction of the EEW facility began in April 2021. Once fully operational, the facility is expected to produce 100 monopiles a year, with a phased expansion planned that would boost production, enabling EEW Paulsboro to supply multiple offshore wind projects along the East Coast. New Jersey’s first three offshore wind projects – Atlantic Shores, Attentive Energy Two, and Leading Light Wind – have all committed to source monopiles from EEW Paulsboro. Attentive Energy Two and Leading Light Wind have also committed to invest in the phased expansion of the facility.
O&M ports are currently planned or under construction in Atlantic City and on the NJ side of the Arthur Kill near the Port of New York and New Jersey. These smaller ports will be utilized as a long-term base of operations for offshore wind developers and typically include wharves for vessels that transport maintenance crews to offshore wind farms, warehouses to store spare parts and crew provisions, and office space.
