Coos Bay is well suited to establish itself as the marshaling port for the development of this unique and vital natural resource. The main economic benefit that results from floating offshore wind farms comes from activities that are all done in and around the port – staging turbines and components, assembly, local fabrication of parts, maintenance, and operations. Completed wind float turbines are towed 30-50 miles offshore out of sight and anchored. If needed they are towed back to port for major maintenance and re-powering. 

Should Coos Bay become the marshaling port, all the neighboring ports would also benefit from the many activities that are required to create and maintain a large scale offshore wind farm. This would diversify the economy of the south coast and provide thousands of sustainable family-wage jobs.  Although offshore wind is a new industry, it already employs 50,000 in Germany and the UK alone.  Projections show these numbers growing rapidly.  Recent workforce studies show similar growth in the U.S., especially on the east coast where most of the 28 offshore wind projects are already in the pipeline according to the Dept. of Energy. U.S. wind energy now supports 120,000 US jobs and 530 domestic factories. A study by the University of Delaware predicted that the supply chain needed to build offshore turbines to feed power to seven East Coast states by 2030 would generate nearly $70 billion in economic activity and at least 40,000 full-time jobs. An American Wind Energy Association's (AWEA's) March 2020 report estimated that developing 30 GW of offshore wind along the East Coast could support up to 83,000 jobs and $25 billion in annual economic output by 2030.  In addition to jobs, offshore winds can improve energy security on the coast which is currently susceptible to interruptions from various causes.