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Orsted: Ocean Wind 1 and 2 Are Being Deep-Sixed; Revolution Wind Staying the Course

Noting that “macroeconomic factors have changed dramatically over a short period of time,” renewable energy developer Ørsted has decided to stop pursuing its Ocean...

BOEM Approval Clears Path for Massive Offshore Wind Development

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has signaled its approval of the 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project with a record...

DOE Aiming $1.3 Billion Toward Major Transmission Projects

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) says it is committing up to $1.3 billion to transmission lines crossing six states, enabling 3.5 GW of additional capacity...

Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Welcomes First Monopile Foundations

The first eight monopile foundations have been offloaded at the Portsmouth Marine Terminal for Dominion Energy's 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project. The...

BOEM Releases Gulf of Mexico Offshore Wind Energy Areas

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has finalized four new Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) in the Gulf of Mexico, following the first-ever Gulf...

Salka Energy Acquires First-Generation California Wind Farm

Clean power developer Salka LLC, through its subsidiary Salka Cabazon HoldCo LLC (Salka Energy), has acquired an operating wind farm in the San Gorgonio...

Unique Program Uses Unmanned Craft to Monitor Bats in Offshore Environment

Saildrone, a provider of ocean data using uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs), and Bat Conservation International (BCI), a global conservation organization, have completed a mission...

Seaway7 to Handle Inter-Array Cables for Offshore Wind Parks

Seaway7 has received a contract from Equinor and partner Polenergia for the inter-array cables of the MFW Bałtyk II and MFW Bałtyk III bottom-fixed...

New York Comes in Huge on New Wind Power Projects

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has announced conditional awards for three offshore wind and 22 land-based renewable energy projects totaling 6.4 GW - the...

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...

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