Driving Climate Action in New Jersey Through Renewable Energy

Posted October 23, 2024December 23, 2024 in Public Affairs/Community Development, Stories, Student Stories

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When Oriana Holmes-Price worked with NJPIRG as an undergraduate at Rutgers–Camden, she discovered a passion for advocating on behalf of environmental issues affecting her home state of New Jersey. Now, as a master’s student in the Public Affairs/Community Development program, she has turned that passion into action as Coordinator of External Affairs for Attentive Energy, a leading developer of offshore wind energy projects.

We need to have real solutions put in place to protect our state, to protect our nation, and the world as a whole.
Oriana Holmes-Price

Her role at Attentive Energy includes fostering relationships with stakeholders and supporting offshore wind development in New Jersey and New York. Holmes-Price credits her experiences at Rutgers–Camden—where she honed her skills as an advocate and leader—for preparing her to contribute to emerging clean energy solutions.

To learn more about Holmes-Price’s work and her journey from Rutgers–Camden to Attentive Energy, read Sam Starnes’s article, Rutgers Alumna on the Front Row of Combating Climate Change. You can also explore her own piece, Offshore Wind Innovation at the Intersection of Industry and Academia: Attentive Energy Two Project, Awarded Offshore Wind Contract in New Jersey, to Partner with Rutgers University on the Offshore Wind Connect Program.

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