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BOEM, NOAA Collaborate to Alleviate Offshore Wind Impacts on Fisheries
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries are addressing potential impacts of offshore wind energy...
RWE Acquires Western Power Offshore Developments
RWE has acquired 100% of Irish company Western Power Offshore Developments Ltd, which is in the early stages of developing the East Celtic Wind...
Two New Tenders Issued for Bottom-Fixed Offshore Wind Farms
Having just opened its first offshore wind farm (St. Nazaire, 480 MW), France has launched tenders for two new ones. They’re bottom-fixed and will...
Construction Begins on 339-Mile Express Transmission Line Between NYC and Canada
Construction has started on the 339-mile Champlain Hudson Power Express transmission line being developed by Transmission Developers Inc. It will deliver reliable clean energy...
NREL Studies Offer Wind Energy Industry Workforce Insights, Solutions
To meet U.S. goals of a 100% carbon-free electric grid by 2035, the wind energy workforce must keep pace with industry growth. This means...
Hansen Leading N.Y. Government Affairs, Policy for Orsted
Ørsted has hired Kevin Hansen to lead government affairs and policy in New York State. He is responsible for setting and shaping the company’s...
EDF, EIH Launch Full Operations for 400 MW Saint-Nazaire Offshore Wind Farm
EDF Renewables and EIH, a subsidiary of Enbridge Inc. and CPP Investments, have achieved a milestone: France's first commercial-scale offshore wind project, the 480...
Mammoet Supplies Heavy Lifting, Transport for Dogger Bank Wind Farm
GE Renewable Energy has selected Mammoet UK, based in Thornaby Teesside, to supply onshore heavy lifting and transport for the staging and assembly of...
Energinet Awards North Sea Offshore Wind Site Study Contract to Fugro
Fugro has secured a contract with Energinet for geotechnical site investigations for the North Sea I offshore wind development.
The Danish government plans to expand...
BOEM Identifies Wind Energy Areas Off Central Atlantic Shores
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has named eight draft Wind Energy Areas (WEA) off the shores of the central Atlantic coast for...
BOEM Releases DEIS for 2 GW Empire Wind Project in N.Y.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy and Management (BOEM) has published the availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the proposed Empire Wind...
WindEurope: ‘Energy Islands’ Will Connect Offshore Wind to the Mainland
Europe’s 30 GW of offshore wind farms are nearly all connected to the energy system through subsea power cables that run from each individual...
Equinor, ORE Catapult Partner to Tackle Offshore Wind Tech Issues
Equinor and the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult are collaborating on tackling challenges facing the offshore renewables sector.
The U.K.-wide partnership brings together Equinor, the...
Apex Places 300 MW Order for Vestas EnVentus Turbines for Goose Creek Wind
Vestas has received a 300 MW order from Apex Clean Energy to power the Goose Creek Wind project in Illinois. The order consists of...
Orsted Brings in Lopa Parikh to Lead Electricity Policy Efforts
Ørsted is expanding its presence in Washington, D.C., with the addition of Lopa Parikh as its new head of electricity policy. She brings two...
Dominion Energy Promotes Steven Ridge to CFO
Dominion Energy has promoted Steven D. Ridge to senior vice president and CFO, succeeding James R. Chapman, who will be leaving the company for...
Northleaf Implements Clir Market Intelligence Tech for Cotton Plains Wind Farm
Global private markets investment firm Northleaf Capital Partners has selected Clir Renewables, a market intelligence platform for wind and solar, to help optimize production...
Jersey Central Power and Light Constructing Transmission for N.J. Offshore Wind Farms
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) has awarded Jersey Central Power and Light (JCP&L), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., the construction responsibility...
Atlantic Shores Chooses Ramboll for Offshore Wind Turbine Engineering
Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind Project 1 LLC (Atlantic Shores Project 1), a wholly owned subsidiary of Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind LLC (Atlantic Shores), a...
BOEM Seeking Input on Offshore Construction Guideline Proposals
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has published two sets of proposed guidelines that seek to clarify the requirements that lessees must include...