In 2023, the country’s first super-size offshore wind farms will come online, or at least get close to it. U.S. sales of electric vehicles will continue to accelerate, likely hitting 1 million units per year for the first time. And, state lawmakers in Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan and Minnesota are poised to pass climate and clean energy legislation.
Meanwhile, the most significant event for the clean energy economy in 2022—the Inflation Reduction Act—is going to have reverberations throughout 2023 and beyond as federal agencies work to implement the law and consumers and companies begin to see its benefits.
That’s a lot. And that’s just the top of my list of what to watch and expect this year.
Offshore Wind Gets Real (and We Mean It This Time)
The United States has two operational offshore wind farms, one each in Rhode Island and Virginia, with a…