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EU Awards $200 Million to Support Lithuanian Offshore Wind Project

Lithuania

Last week, the European Commission (EC) approved $204 million as a support scheme for Lithuania’s offshore wind farms to bolster the country’s transition towards a net-zero economy. The scheme was approved under a new state aid framework adopted early this year to accelerate the green transition and reduce fuel dependency. Lithuania had applied to the… Read More

Avangrid cancels CT offshore energy project, wants to rebid, as industry hit by adverse economic head winds

CT, United States

Electric utility Avangrid is pulling out of what was to have been Connecticut’s biggest offshore wind project, Park City Wind, saying inflation and other adverse economic factors that have hit the offshore wind industry made the project “unfinanceable.” The decision by Avangrid, part of the Spanish energy giant Iberdrola Group, was widely expected and mirrors the financial headwinds confronting… Read More

Facing Uncertainty in Offshore Wind Industry, States Band Together to Procure Power

CT, United States

Massive turbines are starting to rise at State Pier. Tower segments were starting to be stacked on top of each other for the first time on Wednesday, as state officials lined up in front of them to rally and recommit to an offshore wind industry facing major headwinds in the Northeast U.S. On Tuesday, Avangrid announced it… Read More

Ørsted and UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business team up to advance people-positive renewable energy build-out

Denmark

Ørsted, one of the world’s leading renewable energy companies, and Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, have entered a multi-year partnership to advance the positive social impact of renewable energy projects. Ørsted and UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business will bring together community organisations, policymakers, and industry experts to lay the… Read More

MIT Technology Review: Ørsted among 15 climate tech companies to watch

Denmark

MIT Technology Review – the independent media company founded by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1899 – has included Ørsted on its new list of 15 climate tech companies to watch. The list, which was premiered today at this year’s ClimateTech conference on MIT’s campus, highlights start-ups and established businesses that could have the… Read More

Van Oord starts cable installation at Iberdrola’s Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm

Netherlands

After Van Oord’s heavy lift installation vessel Svanen completed installation of all fifty monopiles for Iberdrola Deutschland’s Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm, Van Oord now continues installing transition pieces and starts cable installation. This week the inter-array cable loading onto Van Oord’s cable-laying vessel Nexus has commenced. In total, Van Oord will install approximately 70… Read More

More broken contracts for New England offshore wind

MA, United States

Massachusetts regulators allow SouthCoast wind to terminate its offshore wind project power purchase agreement and rebid with a higher cost in a future auction, meaning the state has lost two-thirds of the offshore wind output it had in its pipeline. ELECTRIC VEHICLES:  Vermont officials celebrate the grand opening of fast-growing Beta Technologies’ large-scale electric plane manufacturing facility near Burlington, which is… Read More

More U.S. Wind Farms Terminate Power Agreements Due to Financial Pressures

United States

The U.S. continues to push forward with the permitting process for the development of offshore wind energy resources while evidence continues to mount regarding the changing economics of the sector. Developers for several of the earlier proposed projects that are now in the later stages of permitting have highlighted the mounting financial challenges for their… Read More

NY Bight Offshore Wind Project Proposals Include Farthest at Sea

AL, United States

Details were released for an ambitious U.S. offshore wind farm project which at 42 miles off the coast of New Jersey would become one of the further yet out to sea. The project, known as Attentive Energy Two, is part of the third offshore wind solicitation by New Jersey and part of the record-setting 2022… Read More

Runaway costs create uncertain future for offshore wind projects in CT, other northeast states

CT, United States

The first wind turbine tower and related components pass through the hurricane barrier in New Bedford, Mass., in September 2023 en route to the Vineyard Wind offshore wind farm under development by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners and Avangrid based in Orange, Conn. (Avangrid press photo by Worldview Films) As Rhode Island begs developers to step up… Read More

GoM: Interior Department announces fewest offshore oil and gas lease sales in history in proposed final program for 2024–2029

Mexico

Consistent with the requirements of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) concerning offshore conventional and renewable energy leasing, the Department of the Interior has released the Proposed Final Program and Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the 2024–2029 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program (National OCS Program). The Proposed Final Program includes a maximum of… Read More

There’s no evidence that windmills are responsible for killing whales

World ,

During a Sept. 25 campaign speech, former President Donald Trump claimed “windmills are causing whales to die in numbers we’ve never seen before.” Similar claims have been circulating online since early 2023 following a reported spike in whale deaths along the East Coast in winter. A VERIFY reader also texted this question to the team: “Are whales being killed because of the windmills in the ocean?”… Read More

India Issues Tender for Allocation of 7GW of Offshore Wind Capacity

India

India is inviting developers to tender bids for the allocation of a large swathe of offshore wind sites off the coast of Tamil Nadu. According to a notice issued by India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), a total of seven sites covering an area of more than 550 square miles are on offer…. Read More

Report Reveals Critical Need for Investment in U.S. Offshore Wind Port Infrastructure

United States

The U.S. offshore wind industry has seen rapid growth in recent years, but a shortage of port infrastructure capacity threatens its progress and its ability to meet long-term targets. A new report by the Business Network for Offshore Wind emphasizes the urgent need for private and public investment in U.S. offshore wind port development, outlining a $36… Read More

NOAA could designate cod habitat around Cox Ledge, wind power sites

MA, United States

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is considering whether to outline a “habitat area of particular concern’ in and around offshore wind lease areas off southern New England. The proposal, originated by the New England Fishery Management Council over concerns of how wind development will affect essential fish habitat, would include Cox Ledge, an important… Read More

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