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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today announced the availability of its final Environmental Assessment (EA), which considers possible impacts from issuing leases for potential offshore wind development off the Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia coasts, including site assessment and site characterization activities such as geophysical, geological, and archaeological surveys. The EA concluded that there… Read More
A Spanish wind turbine manufacturer vacated its lease and pulled out of a planned $200 million project at Portsmouth Marine Terminal. Siemens Gamesa told the Port of Virginia about a month ago that the company is vacating its lease and canceling the project, Virginia Port Authority spokesperson Joe Harris said. The project went through a… Read More
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland — The Biden administration is doubling down on efforts to bring offshore wind to the central Atlantic ahead of a planned lease auction later this year. The White House signed a deal Friday with Maryland Democratic Gov. Wes Moore to coordinate bringing offshore wind to his state, including regular meetings of a task… Read More
The Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) held a meeting this week on the topic of the offshore wind energy project. DLCD gave the public an opportunity to speak on the proposed project; however BOEM has been avoiding any public interface on comments. Everyone that attended the meeting was opposed to the project, due to… Read More
Maryland is officially teaming up with the federal government to advance the state’s and country’s offshore wind energy goals. Gov. Wes Moore, U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and other officials met Friday morning in Annapolis to sign a memorandum of understanding focused on offshore wind development. “Offshore wind means we don’t have… Read More
CHALMETTE — When they’re not studying hydraulic systems, electric motors and coastal ecology, the inaugural class of a first-of-its-kind community college program will be diving into a bayou, climbing towers and dangling from ropes more than 50 feet in the air. This fall, Nunez Community College in Chalmette will launch a two-year program that trains students as… Read More
The next government must make “difficult choices” to help unlock £30bn of investment in offshore renewable energy, a business leader has told the BBC. As part of the BBC Politics East’s Race across the East, presenter Amelia Reynolds talked to Andrew Harston, chair of East Wind, at the most easterly point in the region in Lowestoft…. Read More
(The Center Square) – The Department of Interior announced a memorandum of understanding between the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and Maryland, aimed at enhancing offshore wind energy development off Maryland’s coast, in line with President Joe Biden’s clean energy objectives. Gov. Wes Moore, Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland and White House National Climate Advisor… Read More
Maryland is officially teaming up with the federal government to advance the state’s and country’s offshore wind energy goals. Gov. Wes Moore, U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and other officials met Friday morning in Annapolis to sign a memorandum of understanding focused on offshore wind development. “Offshore wind means we don’t have… Read More
BNEF sees nation meeting less than half the 2030 goal, but predicts it will be world’s second largest market by 2040 BloombergNEF has once again lowered its 2030 forecast for US offshore wind capacity to just 13.1GW on slower “than initially anticipated” project timelines, the research consultancy noted in its 1H 2024 Offshore Wind Market Outlook report…. Read More
A public information session will be held this week to inform community members of US Wind’s progress with its offshore wind projects off the Delmarva coast. The session will be focused on impacts the projects will have on Delaware’s shores, specifically the impacts of cables that will require potential dredging of Delaware’s wetlands and interconnection to the… Read More
On May 31, HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering held an “International Tech Forum” in Athens, Greece, inviting over 100 shipbuilding and maritime professionals from around the world. During the event, the company unveiled a new eco-friendly technology capable of reducing the emission levels of toxic gases from ammonia fuel to zero. The technology revealed… Read More
The U.S. Department of the Interior and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management just announced two exciting proposals for offshore wind sales that could generate over 18 gigawatts of squeaky clean energy. That’s enough to power more than 5 million homes, according to Electrek. So, what’s the scoop? The first-ever offshore wind auction in the Gulf of Maine… Read More
New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced the finalization of contracts for two major offshore wind projects, Empire Wind 1 and Sunrise Wind, as part of the state’s fourth offshore wind solicitation. Empire Wind 1, a 810-megawatt project developed by Equinor, and Sunrise Wind, a 924-megawatt project developed by Ørsted and Eversource, will collectively generate over 1,700… Read More
Contracts were finalized for two New York state offshore wind projects, one for Equinor’s Empire Wind 1 and the other for Sunrise Wind, developed by Ørsted and Eversource. Gov. Kathy Hochul said Tuesday that the projects will be held to “new provisions that bring additional benefits to the State,” including investments in disadvantaged communities and… Read More