In our Spotlight on Business Report, the state is kicking offshore wind plans into high gear.

Ever since Danish wind developer Orsted pulled the plug on its two projects off New Jersey's coastline, the Murphy administration almost immediately directed the state to put other offshore sites out to bid.

And while it means essentially starting from scratch, clean energy advocates tell senior correspondent Brenda Flanagan they're undeterred.

Offshore wind is not dead It actually is at a turning point, and the industry is bigger than just one project.

Green energy advocates like Doug O'Malley concede getting the turbines going and the juice flowing won't happen as soon as the Murphy administration originally planned.

After the Danish company Orsted pulled the plug on its two wind farms, off the South Jersey coast.

So clearly it was a gut punch to have ocean and one in ocean wind to run by or said, pull out unexpectedly on on Halloween.

But, you know, the simple reality is that there are multiple projects that are moving ahead up and down the East Coast right now.

A second Orsted project South Fork started generating power for New York just this week.

And the Empire Wind Project recently won federal approval in New Jersey.

Atlantic Shores awaits final permits to get started.

And Governor Murphy just directed the Board of Public Utilities to speed up the bidding process for more offshore wind proposal calls.

Every other state is kind of experiencing these same challenges.

And I think New Jersey's done a great job pivoting, being really responsive.

Offshore wind expert Kris Ohleth explained Jersey's baked in a solution to the problems that doomed other projects, including high interest rates, supply chain kinks, and spiraling costs.

So essentially, there is a mechanism in that bid that if there is huge inflation, again, that's running out of control.

The figures that are built into that solicitation would be indexed or tied to the inflation rate.

There's four proposals, a number of strong, really strong proposals that have come in and more to come next spring, says Tim Sullivan.

He heads New Jersey's Economic Development Authority and admits the Orsted cancelation hit hard at EEW, a Paulsboro facility that builds the enormous steel monopoles crucial to offshore wind construction, the only one in the U.S..

It's cold comfort to people who are dealing with challenges right now.

But in terms of the long term viability of this industry in Jersey, it's really important.

It was a long game and so, you know, certainly a setback.

The second half of this year.

But this is a long game.

He said the new wind port in Salem County will ultimately also serve the entire region.

All it needs is customers after Orsted quit Jersey.

Atlantic Shores firmly stated it remains committed to New Jersey and applauds Governor Murphy's decision to accelerate the next offshore wind solicitation But obstacles remain, including local opposition.

If you don't move, then you're going to get arrested.

Some grassroots groups will continue to oppose offshore wind, alleging it could damage the Jersey Shore economy or hurt marine life.

A claim disputed by researchers.

But advocates reply the state needs to transition from fossil fuels to clean energy.

And offshore wind is not going to be the silver bullet.

It's not going to solve global warming.

But literally every kind of 10th of a degree matters And we need to be creating a power source.

That is the 21st century Atlantic Shores could generate enough juice to power 700,000 homes by 2027.

I'm Brenda Flanagan, NJ Spotlight News