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Cape May County filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against multiple federal agencies and their leaders, alleging that federal regulators have abandoned their obligation to protect the environment and Atlantic coastal marine life in favor of an “inappropriate collusion” with the developer of a proposed offshore wind energy farm. The county is joined by fellow plaintiffs… Read More
Judge Indira Talwani of the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts has rejected another challenge to federal permits and approvals for the Vineyard Wind Project (Vineyard Wind or the Project). Vineyard Wind is under construction off the coast of Massachusetts and will be the first modern utility-scale offshore wind energy project in the… Read More
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) identified a draft wind energy area (WEA) in the Gulf of Maine, opening a 30-day public review and comment period. The draft WEA covers about 3,519,067 acres offshore Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, ranging from about 23 to 120 miles off the coast. BOEM says, “The Gulf… Read More
The US Government and federal agencies are resolute in their support for the offshore wind sector, despite a series of recent setbacks. According to analysis from a consultancy Intelatus Global Partners, the US Government and federal agencies are resolute in their support for the offshore wind sector, despite a series of recent setbacks. Offshore wind leasing is… Read More
An affiliate company within the DEME Group has been awarded a new offshore wind contract in Taiwan. Leading renewable energy company Ørsted has contracted CDWE, the joint venture between DEME and Taiwanese shipbuilder CSBC, to carry out seabed levelling and scour protection for the Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind farms. The scope of work incorporates seabed… Read More
Ørsted has signed an agreement to divest 50% of the Gode Wind 3 Offshore Wind Farm in Germany to funds managed by Glennmont Partners from Nuveen (“Glennmont”). Glennmont is one of Europe’s largest fund managers, focused exclusively on investments in clean energy infrastructure. It is owned by Nuveen, a TIAA company and global asset manager… Read More
Ørsted and Cathay Life Insurance have agreed to an exclusivity period lasting until 17 January 2024, during which both parties will finalise negotiations of the transaction documents and confirmatory due diligence. Under the Taiwan Stock Exchange disclosure rules, Cathay Life Insurance is required to make a public announcement upon being selected as preferred bidder. Subject… Read More
Two large wind farms that are significant projects for the UK each marked milestones in the past week. While newer development projects are struggling, experts pointed to the progress of these wind farms saying they continue to demonstrate the strong contribution the industry will make to providing clean, renewable energy. In Scotland, the Seagreen wind… Read More
Rhode Island is moving forward with the state’s largest renewable energy solicitation after announcing it would form a three-state partnership with Connecticut and Massachusetts to review and coordinate a regional approach to offshore renewable energy. At the same time, Rhode Island is also providing additional latitude to developers to provide possible avenues to address the… Read More
The U.S. offshore wind industry continued its forward progress despite severe financial challenges in the third quarter of 2023, according to the Business Network for Offshore Wind’s U.S. Offshore Wind Quarterly Market Report. The report’s highlights included construction progress at the nation’s first two commercial-scale projects, Vineyard Wind and South Fork Wind. The two projects are close… Read More
EUREKA — If the American West represents the “geography of hope,” as author Wallace Stegner wrote, then what better place than California’s far north to illustrate the eternal tension between the limitless potential of big ideas and the brutal disappointment of broken dreams? The Golden State’s verdant North Coast, a great empire of trees and… Read More
California sees wind energy as essential to helping the state reach its ambitious climate goals. Critics say the development could industrialize our local waters. To harness this resource, energy companies are geared up to install huge floating wind farms off the state’s coast. Some of the first of these farms will be off the shores… Read More
Despite some big setbacks, the US offshore wind industry is also headed toward achieving major milestones in Q3 2023 – here’s what happened. The US’s first two commercial-scale offshore wind farms, Vineyard Wind and South Fork Wind, progressed with construction and are on the brink of delivering their first power to the grid, noted the Business Network for… Read More
The first of Vineyard Wind’s 62 turbines has been assembled in the waters southwest of Nantucket. These photos were taken today from Madaket Beach with 400mm and 600mm camera lenses, and the images are cropped to show the view of the turbine in the distance. This turbine will be one of the closest to Nantucket… Read More
Van Oord has completed the installation of 62 jacket foundations at the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm. The Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm is being constructed in the Bay of Saint-Brieuc, 16.3 kilometres off the coast of Brittany. It is the first wind farm in France with jacket foundations. Once operational, the 496MW wind farm will generate… Read More