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TotalEnergies Brings On Partners for NY/NJ Offshore Wind Project

TotalEnergies has partnered with Corio Generation, an offshore wind developer, and Rise Light & Power, an electricity producer, for the joint development of the...

Hochul Vetoes New York Bill That Promoted Offshore Wind Transmission Coordination

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has vetoed state senate bill S6218A, the Planned Offshore Wind Transmission Act: a piece of legislation that aimed “to...

Set of Partners Successfully Erected Vineyard Wind Turbine

Barge Master has completed the first feeder operation for the Vineyard Wind 1 project in partnership with FOSS Offshore Wind, Seaqualize, GE and DEME...

Xcel Energy Sends Out RFP for 1.2 GW of Wind Power

Xcel Energy has issued an RFP in Minnesota for approximately 1.2 GW of new wind projects as the company fully retires its remaining coal...

DOE Funding Advanced Grid Initiatives with Nearly $3.5 Billion

The U.S. Department of Energy is putting $3.46 billion toward 58 projects across 44 states to strengthen electric grid resilience and reliability across the...

Vineyard Wind’s First Turbine Is Complete

Avangrid Inc. and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) have completed installation of the first GE Haliade-X turbine at the 806 MW Vineyard Wind 1 offshore...

Significant Portion of Eolus’ 1 GW Offshore Wind Farm Will Go to Volvo Cars

Renewable energy developer Eolus has signed a letter of intent to collaborate with Volvo Cars on the Västvind offshore wind power project, off the...

FirstEnergy Needs RECs for Ohio Operating Utilities

FirstEnergy Corp. has issued an RFP to purchase Ohio-compliant renewable energy credits (RECs) for its Ohio subsidiaries - Ohio Edison, The Illuminating Company and...

Plaintiffs File Suit Against Ocean Wind 1 Project

The County of Cape May has filed suit in the Federal District Court for the District of New Jersey against multiple federal agencies and...

Report Notes U.S. Offshore Wind Made Steps Forward, Backward in Q3

The Business Network for Offshore Wind’s latest "U.S. Offshore Wind Quarterly Market Report" suggests that offshore wind continued its forward progress in the third...

1 GW Seagreen Offshore Wind Project Is Fully Operational

TotalEnergies and partner SSE Renewables say the 1,075 MW Seagreen offshore wind farm, located in the North Sea off the Scottish coast, is now...

Rhode Island Utility Seeking 1.2 GW of Offshore Wind Power

Rhode Island Energy has issued an RFP to secure an additional 1.2 GW of offshore wind to help power the state's energy needs. This is...

Major Midwest Transmission Project Secures Final Siting Approval

The Missouri Public Service Commission (MPSC) has approved Invenergy’s request to amend its existing certificate of convenience and necessity for the 800-mile Grain Belt...

New York Regulator Denies Offshore Wind Stakeholders’ Appeal for Financial Relief

The New York State Public Service Commission has denied petitions filed by a group of offshore wind developers and a state renewable energy trade...

CIP, SK E&S Close Financing on Offshore Wind Project

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and SK E&S say they have reached financial close on the 99 MW Jeonnam I offshore wind power project in...

GE Research, voxeljet Look to 3D-Print Molds to Cast Nacelle Components

GE Research has selected voxeljet, GE Onshore Wind, GE Offshore Wind, GE Hydro, Clemson University, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Hodge Foundry as...

Offshore Wind’s Brightest Are Noted As 2023 Ventus Awards Finalists

The Business Network for Offshore Wind has announced the finalists for the 2023 Ventus Awards, which acknowledges the best of the best from all...

Verizon Signs Contract for Power from GSG Wind

Leeward Renewable Energy LLC (LRE) says Verizon Communications Inc. has signed a renewable energy purchase agreements for the GSG Wind project. Located in Lee and...

Windscope Launches Monitoring Platform for Predictive Wind Power O&M

Windscope, a new hardware-free platform for maximizing wind turbine health and availability, has formally launched in the market following a successful nine-month beta testing...

Stereo DIC Shows Promise for Wind Blade Inspection

Researchers at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China, are working to improve the wind turbine blade inspection process by using stereo digital image correlation (DIC)...

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