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Department of the Interior Announces New 2025 Lease Sale in the Gulf of America

United States

WASHINGTON — Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum has directed the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to hold the next scheduled oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of America. America’s Outer Continental Shelf contains a significant source of oil and gas for the nation’s energy supply, and BOEM’s latest estimates of technically recoverable oil… Read More

Resolutions of the 2025 annual general meeting of Ørsted A/S

Denmark

Today, Ørsted A/S held its annual general meeting, where the following decisions were adopted: The audited annual report for 2024 and appropriation of profit The audited annual report for 2024 was approved. In accordance with the proposal of the Board of Directors, no dividend is paid to the shareholders for the financial year 2024. Discharge,… Read More

Gulf of Maine Offshore Wind Project Put on Hold by Developer

ME, United States

Pine Tree Offshore Wind has requested that the talks be temporarily suspended, citing ‘recent shifts in the energy landscape.’ Three years after they began, negotiations over a proposed power contract for an offshore floating wind farm in the Gulf of Maine have come to an abrupt halt, with the developer citing “recent shifts in the… Read More

Hopes for Offshore Wind Are Blowing Away

United States

Legal challenges, economic factors and Trump administration policies are all creating problems for commercial wind farms. Welders are hard at work at the Paulsboro Marine Terminal, four years after New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced a $250 million investment from offshore wind energy companies in a new manufacturing facility. But instead of putting together massive… Read More

Portland wind farm could create millions for local economy

United Kingdom

MORE than £300 million could be generated for the local economy if a proposed offshore wind farm goes ahead. This follows the announcement of a partnership between Portland Port and European renewable energy company Source Galileo –  which could bring 132 wind turbines to an area off the Dorset coast. The energy firm has projects in Scandinavia and the Irish Sea… Read More

Offshore wind developer puts power contract talks on hold

ME, United States

Pine Tree Offshore Wind cites “recent shifts in the energy landscape.” Three years after they began, negotiations over a proposed power contract for an offshore floating wind farm in the Gulf of Maine have come to an abrupt halt, with the developer citing “recent shifts in the energy landscape that have in particular caused uncertainty… Read More

The newest hurdle for offshore wind: Trump’s EPA

United States

The agency, led by Trump loyalist Lee Zeldin, just revoked one offshore wind farm’s permit. Now anti-wind groups are trying to leverage a Republican-run EPA. The Environmental Protection Agency revoked an essential Clean Air Act permit last month from Atlantic Shores, an offshore wind development slated to be built off the New Jersey coast. One of the… Read More

Another delay leaves Mass. offshore power contracts a year behind schedule

MA, United States

Massachusetts’ latest attempt to procure more offshore wind power is now running nearly a full year behind schedule. Last September, the state selected 2,678 megawatts of offshore wind power from three projects during a competitive auction. This kicked off contract negotiations between the state and developers, though in the time since, one of those projects removed itself from… Read More

Lawsuit and petitions filed against three US offshore wind projects

MA, United States

US offshore wind projects are facing even more headwinds as the town of Nantucket and activist groups are challenging three offshore wind projects off the Massachusetts coast. Town officials filed an appeal in the US District Court for the District of Columbia, challenging the decision by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to allow… Read More

Offshore wind strikes gold in $100bn French grid push

France

RTE’s gigantic investment plan for the French grid will be reviewed annually to keep spending focus French transmission system operator RTE has fired the starting gun on a €100bn ($108bn) investment plan that will include a big increase in funding for connecting offshore wind farms over a 15-year period. RTE’s investment programme for the first… Read More

Nantucket challenges federal approval of SouthCoast offshore wind project

MA, United States

The town of Nantucket filed an appeal in federal court Thursday, alleging that the SouthCoast Wind project was improperly permitted and will harm the island’s “heritage tourism economy.” The appeal was filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs are targeting the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), claiming it violated federal law… Read More

Bardex Corporation and Gabriel Engineering Group Unite to Redefine Offshore Wind Mooring Solutions

CA, United States

GOLETA, CALIF. – Bardex Corporation and Gabriel Engineering Group have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on cutting-edge anchor, mooring, and precision-component technologies for floating offshore wind. The partnership will investigate development of a state-of-the-art UK production facility for anchor, mooring, and ‘jewellery’ (precision component) systems, critical to the stability and efficiency of GW-scale… Read More

California Coastal Commission to Consider $15 Million Fine for Sable Offshore

CA, United States

State Agency Issues Third Cease-And-Desist Order on Oil Company Alleging Unpermitted Coastal Work California Coastal Commission staff have recommended that Sable Offshore be ordered to pay a nearly $15 million fine and complete a restoration plan for the oil company’s alleged unpermitted construction work along the Gaviota coast. Further, the commission issued a third cease-and-desist order against… Read More

Scheduled maintenance and heavy lift operations commence at Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm in Wales.

United Kingdom

Gwynt y Môr (Welsh for ‘sea wind’) is a 576-megawatt (MW) offshore wind farm located off the coast of north Wales and is the fifth largest operating offshore windfarm in the world. The farm has 160 wind turbines of 150 metres (490 ft) tip height above mean sea level. Planned maintenance work, including lifting heavy equipment, will take place at specific locations within… Read More

The offshore wind debate could influence this federal election and it’s already an ‘absolute blood-fest’

Australia

The Illawarra, on the NSW south coast, can be hostile territory for Australian politicians. In 1939, Robert Menzies was booed by thousands of placard-waving locals as police escorted him down the Bulli Pass to meet striking waterside workers in Wollongong. It was here that the man who became Australia’s longest-serving prime minister acquired the nickname… Read More

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