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Offshore Wind Training Being Developed in New Jersey

June 14, 2022
By Alan P. Fox, Esq.

New Jersey is a leader in the USA’s efforts to establish domestic, sustainable, clean energy resources through wind power. With the help of grant funding from the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA), Rowan College of South Jersey (RCSJ) will soon offer affordable degrees and certificates for a successful career in the growing offshore wind industry.

RCSJ announced it is a recipient of the NJEDA’s “NJ Wind Turbine Tech Training Challenge,” a competitive grant program to create educational opportunities for New Jersey residents seeking to enter the offshore wind industry. In collaboration with the NJEDA and the New Jersey Secretary of Higher Education, three academic partners, South Jersey labor unions and global training powerhouse, Maersk Training, RCSJ will offer a Global Wind Organization (GWO) certified Basic Technical Training credential along with a Wind Turbine Technician Career Certificate program that will lead to a credit-bearing, stackable credential at the profession’s entry level.

RCSJ plans to launch its Basic Technical Training and Wind Turbine Technician certificate programs in January 2023. The Associate of Applied Science degree will follow in September 2023.

Wind turbine technician ranked #1 on U.S. News & World Report’s list of “Best Maintenance and Repair Jobs for 2022,” and the Bureau of Labor Statistics has proclaimed it the second-fastest growing occupation in the country, with a projected 68% increase in job growth by 2030 and a median annual salary of $56,230.

Offshore wind farm turbines at dusk in the middle of the sea

About the Author:

Alan P. Fox

Chair, Alternative Energy and Co-Chair, Real Estate & Land Use Practice


Mr. Fox focuses his practice on alternative energy (including wind and solar), banking, bankruptcy, creditors’ rights, workouts, commercial and transportation litigation, commercial transactions, business/corporate law, commercial and residential real estate, zoning and land use law.

Mr. Fox has developed his practice in the areas of commercial litigation, commercial transactions, bankruptcy, business law, real estate, real estate tax appeals, renewable energy law, zoning and land use law. He represents both lenders and borrowers in commercial lending. He has over 30 years of experience presenting land use applications before zoning and planning boards, including 8 years as the solicitor for the Riverside Township Land Use Board. He has litigated zoning matters at the appellate level. He successfully won a railroad condemnation case for a Class 1 railroad before the NJ Supreme Court.

His commercial real estate practice covers shopping centers, restaurants, retail, office buildings, manufacturing, warehouses and residential developments, as well as net metering and community solar energy projects. He navigates his clients through the local, county and the state regulatory permits and approvals process.

Currently, his alternative energy practice has expanded into transactions related to and obtaining zoning approvals for photovoltaic solar electric production systems in New Jersey, as well as transactional documents for solar projects including options and purchase agreements, easements, PPAs and related documents. His alternative energy practice is expanding into more growth opportunities including electric vehicle charging stations, development of the Offshore Wind industry and battery storage for alternative energy projects.

Mr. Fox’s commercial litigation experience covers a wide variety of industries, including banking, landscape, manufacturing,  construction, automotive retail, real estate development, wholesale floral and solar energy projects. He also assists creditors with collections under notes and loan agreements, security agreements, mortgage foreclosure, replevin or assignments of rents. His representation of creditors in the bankruptcy court includes negotiating cash collateral agreements, stay relief motions, defending preference actions, non-dischargeability issues, rejection/assumption of executor contract or lease issues.

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