Electric heat pumps cut conventional fossil-dependent heating costs in half. Offshore wind — increasingly popular from Denmark to Japan — could cut these costs further, by delivering 24/7, uninterrupted electric power generation, robust job creation, zero operating emissions, drastic pollution reduction and high energy reliability, even during winter storms.

All things considered, offshore wind is the overall most economical energy option available, especially in New England, where climate change often exacerbates weather events and the need for grid modernization is more pressing than ever.

The East Coast has collectively committed to enough offshore wind to power 30 million homes over the next two decades. Empire Wind (NYC), for example, is set to power half-million homes. Rhode Island’s Revolution Wind Project: 350,000 homes. Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Project will be the largest in the country when completed in 2027. Consider, too, the thousands of jobs created.

President Donald Trump clawed back $679 million in offshore wind projects in 11 states. In 2025 alone, the regime canceled $24.7 billion in clean energy projects, along with 35,000 jobs, including in Rust Belt states. Cancelling one Michigan battery plant alone is causing the loss of 2,400 jobs and $2.4 billion in investment.

Given the advantages of wind power, worsening climate change and $5.50 heating oil, cancelling environmental protections and green energy projects makes no sense at all. Fact is, like in many other countries, wind power is likely to become one of America’s most important clean energy cost-savers of the future.

Paul Kando
Damariscotta