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The governors of Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island announced a multi-state agreement on Wednesday to streamline the selection of offshore wind energy projects. The partnership could lead to the three states acquiring clean energy at more competitive and affordable rates, Gov. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.) said. Watch the video for more. Source
A team of Oregon State University researchers were recently awarded $2.5 million to study the attitudes and feelings coastal residents have about potential offshore wind energy projects. In August, officials from the Federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management identified two areas off the Oregon coast near Coos Bay and Brookings that they said would be… Read More
A project described as the “world’s largest offshore wind farm” took a major step forward over the weekend after producing its first power. Located off the coast of northeast England in the North Sea, the Dogger Bank Wind Farm is being developed in three phases — A, B and C — and will have a total capacity of 3.6 gigawatts… Read More
A consortium of Jan De Nul Group and Hellenic Cables will design, manufacture, transport and install a package of four 220 kV HVAC export cables to connect the Polish offshore wind farms Baltyk II and Baltyk III to shore. Upon completion, these wind farms developed by the joint venture of Equinor and Polenergia will provide… Read More
Pioneering dredging company, Haven Dredging, has been selected to participate in an award-winning technology acceleration programme for the offshore sector. The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s Launch Academy supports innovative businesses in the offshore renewable energy industry. The latest edition of the Launch Academy programme is the first of its kind in the East of… Read More
In a first-of-its-kind effort in the United States, three Northeastern states have announced they will coordinate their efforts for developing offshore wind assets. Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut believe that regional collaboration will help to advance large-scale offshore wind projects providing key benefits to the states while providing opportunities to address the emerging issues in… Read More
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
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
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, 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 – 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
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
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
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
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