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An Offshore Wind Energy Regulatory Specialist Discusses Childhood Fascinations, Unexpected Paths, and Nurturing the Dreams of the Next Generation
When Angel McCoy was in third grade, she fell in love with the sky.
“I became obsessed with weather, space, and earth science,” recalled the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) senior offshore wind regulatory specialist. “I knew I was either going to be a meteorologist or an astronaut when I grew up.”
McCoy chose meteorology and started her career as a meteorologist at the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center, where she worked for four years before taking a job at the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). That role was not what she expected, but it put her on the path that…
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