Tuesday, March 22, 2022 - 7:00pm by Zoom

The League of Women Voters of Sussex County Delaware is pleased to present a Zoom event with UD Professor and renewable energy expert Willett Kempton on offshore wind projects for Delaware.

Dr. Kempton is a nationally renowned expert in offshore wind energy. He is Professor, College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, Associate Director of Center for Research on Wind (CReW), Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Technical Advisor to the Special Initiative on Offshore Wind (SIOW), all at the University of Delaware.

Offshore wind technology has leaped forward, and the cost of power from offshore wind has dropped dramatically (less than half the cost of 2008). There is a huge resource of offshore wind which can power our electric needs at cheap prices while creating well-paying jobs. Learn how Delaware can be part of this new industry!

Willett Kempton, of SIOW, along with the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC), is poised to release a new study providing information that will jumpstart Delaware’s discussion to initiate an offshore wind-procurement process and bring Delaware back into the offshore wind conversation.

There will be a question and answer session following Dr. Kempton's presentation. This presentation is open to all interested members and non-members. Please register in advance using this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYlcuqtrzspHd1wU4-Bo6stt3V6D_LYDriy