b'14American Journal ofTransportation ajot.comOffshore wind in New Jersey moving(POTENTIALcontinuedPrentice pointed out.from page 10) The company anticipates dozen startups are attemptingthefirsttestflightwilltake ahead, despite growing opposition to develop airships in Northplaceinlate2025orearly America,Europe,andAsia.2026, with commercial opera-rsted says it is not walking away from the Ocean Wind 1 project. However, two are especiallytions targeted to begin in 2027. worthnoting,notnecessar- Flying Whales will have two By Peter Buxbaum, AJOT ilybecauseoftechnologicalfinal assembly lines, the first acumen or design superiority,oneinBordeauxscheduled The Inflation Reduction Act, federal leg- currentlyunderdevelopment,receivedfinalbut because of finance. Theytoopennextyear,theother islationwhichcameonthebooksin2021,approvalfromtheBureauofOceanEnergyareFlyingWhalesandLTAin Quebec in 2026. A third is had,asoneofitsgoals,thepromotionofManagementinJuly.TheprojectwillhaveResearch & Exploration. possible in Asia.renewableenergyprojectssuchasoffshorethe capacity to generate 1,100 megawatts ofBased in Suresnes, France,Thecompanyplansto wind. But then something funny happened onelectricity, enough to power 380,000 homes.Flying Whales is being backedproduce150airshipsduring thewaytowardachievingthatgoalinfla- Another BOEM approval is required for thein part by the French govern- the first decade.tionitself,intheformofincreasedsupplywork to start, which, according to a spokesper- ment, the Quebec governmentInitiallydesignedwith costs and interest rates. son, should be forthcoming soon. Constructionandisactivelycourtinganremotelogginginmind,the Those increases, together with anticipatedon Ocean Wind 1 is anticipated to ramp up inunnamed government in Asia- first generation Flying Whales supply delays, led rsted, the developer of the2024, with final commissioning expected inPacific.airship will have a 60-tons pay-largest offshore wind farm approved to date inthe first quarter of 2026. Tobringtheseairshipsload capacity. The 200-meters-the United States, the Ocean Wind 1 project inInNewJersey,oppositiontooffshoreback into our skies, we needlong airship will also boast of New Jersey, to announce it might have to writewindisgrowing,bysomebecauseelectric- tomakesurethatwehavea 96-meters long, eight-meters off $2.3 billion on its U.S. operations. The com- ity costs to consumers are going to be higherthesupportofthestate,wide,seven-meterstallcargo panysCEOacknowledgedthatrstedwasthanoriginallyanticipated,bysomeonthesaid Roman Schalck, Flyingbay,whichshouldaccommo-considering walking away from some projects. grounds that the towers are going to mar localWhalesheadofcommuni- dateextremelylargeproject Changesineconomicconditionsalsoseascapes,andbyotherswhocontendthatcation. This is a key for thecargoaswellascontainers pushed rsted to lobby the New Jersey legis- the projects will compromise the ocean ecol- success of the project. or general cargo. A sling will lature, which is controlled by Democrats, forogyas evidenced by the increasing mortalityAccording to Schalck, theallow the carrying of oversized largesse. Thatreliefcametothetuneof$1among whales. initial phase of Flying Whalescargo, say, a tower, as well as billion,whenTrentonenactedlegislationinSkepticssaythattheecologicalconten- producing hybrid airships willbeing able to raise and lower July that allowed the company to harvest fed- tion is a mere pretext. The National Oceaniccost around 500 million Euros,payloadswithoutlanding.It eral tax credits that were originally meant forandAtmosphericAdministrationdeclaredofwhichhalfisexpectedtowillhover,withwaterbeing New Jersey ratepayers. Earlier legislation alsoanUnusualMortalityEventforhumpbackcomefrompublicfinancing.used as ballast. benefitedrsted,removingtheauthorityofwhales from Maine to Florida in April 2017,FlyingWhaleshasalreadyThecompanyenvisions countiesandmunicipalitiesfromoverseeingway before large-scale offshore wind activi- raised 162 million Euros froma rangeof400 to 500kms, offshore wind projects. The apparent specialtiesstartedofftheEastCoast.Thewhaleboth public and private inves- returning to a base each day. treatment wind developers enjoy under Newdeaths have likely been caused by rising oceantors,includingthegovern- This contrasts with Airlander, Jersey law has prompted lawsuits and protests. temperatures, which are driving the fish thatments of France and Quebec.whosepassenger-centricair-whalespreyonintoshippinglanes.WhaleIt is the very first time in 85shipisbeingdesignedto o Ceanw ind1 postmortemsoftenshowevidenceofboatyears any government has put(POTENTIALcontinued OceanWind1,theNewJerseyproject(MOVINGcontinued on page 38) money into a civilian airship,on page 18)'