Community Offshore Wind and Waterfront Alliance Lead Waterfront Cleanup at Valentino Park
Brooklyn, NY – 23 April 2024
To celebrate Earth Month, Community Offshore Wind partnered with The Waterfront Alliance to clean up Valentino Pier in Brooklyn. Community Offshore Wind volunteers joined Waterfront Alliance staff and members of the local community to remove trash and debris polluting the Brooklyn waterfront.
“Community Offshore Wind is committed to being a good neighbor to the New York communities our project will serve. This cleanup is just one example of the many ways we’re partnering with local organizations to give back, including STEM education programs, workforce development opportunities, and donations of fresh, healthy food and winter clothing to support local families,” said Doug Perkins, President and Project Director of Community Offshore Wind. “We’re looking forward to working together with our community partners here and across the state to provide renewable energy and enable a healthier, cleaner environment for communities across New York.”
“A healthy waterfront is vital to New York’s marine industries, natural marine habitats, and improving quality of life for the millions of local residents and tourists who visit every year. We’re proud to partner with Community Offshore Wind once again, as they continue to demonstrate their commitment to the Brooklyn community,” said Mackenzie Pope, Director of Development, of the Waterfront Alliance. “We look forward to continuing our work together to revitalize long-overlooked sites, create recreational spaces for community members, and support a healthier, more resilient waterfront for generations to come.”
Since its launch in 2022, Community Offshore Wind has been an active and engaged neighbor to New York communities. For Engineers Week 2023 and 2024, the project funded field trips for more than 140 New York students to local museums, and brought team members to the Harbor Middle School and New York Urban Assembly Harbor High School to encourage an early interest in STEM education and careers.
The project also organized donations of more than 30,000 meals of fresh, locally-sourced seafood and hundreds of warm winter clothing items for local families in need.
For further inquiries:
Community Offshore Wind
Will Brunelle
Communications Manager
National Grid Ventures
M. +1 518-948-8964
E. William.Brunelle@nationalgrid.com
About Community Offshore Wind
RWE and National Grid, will bring clean energy to the Northeastern US in a joint venture called Community Offshore Wind. They will develop offshore wind on the largest parcel in the New York Bight with the potential to host 3 gigawatts (GW) of capacity, which is enough to power more than one million US homes and businesses. The project is expected to be in operation by the end of 2030. Community Offshore Wind is dedicated to investing in communities by bringing clean energy jobs to the region and growing the local economy. They will deliver sustainable energy safely, reliably, and efficiently to the communities they serve.
About RWE
RWE is leading the way to a green energy world. With its investment and growth strategy Growing Green, RWE is contributing significantly to the success of the energy transition and the decarbonization of the energy system. Around 20,000 employees work for the company in almost 30 countries worldwide. RWE is already one of the leading companies in the field of renewable energy. Between 2024 and 2030, RWE will invest 55 billion euros worldwide in offshore and onshore wind, solar energy, batteries, flexible generation, and hydrogen projects. By the end of the decade, the company’s green portfolio will grow to more than 65 gigawatts of generation capacity, which will be perfectly complemented by global energy trading. RWE is decarbonizing its business in line with the 1.5-degree reduction pathway and will phase out coal by 2030. RWE will be net-zero by 2040. Fully in line with the company’s purpose - Our energy for a sustainable life.
National Grid Ventures
National Grid is an electricity, natural gas, and clean energy delivery company serving more than 20 million people throughout our networks in New York and Massachusetts. National Grid is focused on building a path to a more affordable, reliable clean energy future through our fossil-free vision.
National Grid Ventures (NGV) is the non-regulated division of National Grid plc, one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the world. NGV operates outside of National Grid’s core regulated businesses in the US and UK where it develops, operates and invests in energy projects, technologies and partnerships to accelerate the development of a clean energy future. NGV’s diverse portfolio of low carbon and renewable energy businesses across the UK, Europe and US includes subsea electricity interconnectors, wind and solar power, and battery storage. For more information, visit https://www.nationalgrid.com/national-grid-ventures.