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The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) issued the draft \u201c<\/span>Solicitation Guidance Document<\/span><\/a>\u201d for its second offshore wind solicitation and scheduled a virtual public meeting to accept public input on the document.<\/span>\u00a0The document includes information on the timeline and mechanisms of the second solicitation, the application requirements and the criteria for evaluating applications.<\/span><\/p>\n While the first offshore wind solicitation was for 1,100 MW of energy, this second one will move the state closer to meeting Gov.<\/span>\u00a0Phil Murphy\u2019s goal of 7,500 MW of offshore wind energy development by 2035 by considering a larger range of 1,200 to 2,400 MW.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cUsing lessons learned from our first successful solicitation of 1,100 MW, we are very excited to move forward with our second offshore wind solicitation which could bring the state up to a total of 3,500 MW of offshore wind energy,\u201d said Joseph Fiordaliso, NJBPU president. \u201c<\/span>Offshore wind is the linchpin of our clean energy program and will help us reach Gov.<\/span>\u00a0Murphy\u2019s goal of 100% clean energy by 2050, build an innovation economy and combat the impacts of climate changes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n