UPDATE 1-New York awards offshore wind contracts as governor signs climate bill
July 18, 2019 at 15:14 PM EDT
New York on Thursday awarded two major offshore wind contracts to Norway's Equinor and a joint venture between Denmark's Orsted and U.S. utility Eversource, procuring more of the renewable power than it had planned as part of Governor Andrew Cuomo's ambitious plan to slash greenhouse gas emissions.