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N.J. Groups File Lawsuit Over Wind Developer Tax Credits
Activist group Protect Our Coast N.J. (POCNJ) has filed a joint lawsuit with Defend Brigantine Beach (DBB) in the Superior Court of New Jersey,...
First U.S. Offshore Substation Finalized at Vineyard Wind 1
Avangrid has installed the offshore substation at its Vineyard Wind 1 project, the first large-scale offshore wind farm in the United States, currently under...
First Rock Supply Subcontract Signed for U.S. Offshore Wind
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp., the largest provider of dredging services in the United States, has signed the first ever subcontract for the...
BNOW Report: Offshore Wind Industry Gets Going
The Business Network for Offshore Wind (BNOW) recently released its U.S. Offshore Wind Quarterly Market Report. In addition to featuring key metrics of both...
Bill Passes in Maine, Jumpstarting Offshore Wind Industry
After many months of back-and-forth between lawmakers, the Maine legislature has passed LD 1895, An Act Regarding the Procurement of Energy from Offshore Wind...
NnG Offshore Celebrates First Turbine Installation
With the installation of its first wind turbine at sea, the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm, located off the east coast of...
Rhode Island Energy Will Not Pursue Revolution Wind 2
Electric utility Rhode Island Energy has decided that it will not be moving forward on a long-term power purchase agreement with Orsted and Eversource...
First Gulf of Mexico Offshore Wind Lease Sale in August
The U.S. Department of the Interior will hold the first-ever offshore wind energy lease sale for development rights of three areas in the Gulf...
BOEM Invites Public Input on Draft EA for Gulf of Maine Wind Research
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has completed its draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the potential issuance of an offshore wind research lease...
EverWind Buys Nova Scotia Wind Farms to Develop with RES
EverWind Fuels will purchase three wind farm development projects: Windy Ridge, and in partnership with Membertou, Bear Lake and Kmtnuk, representing approximately 530 MW....
BOEM Issues Final EIS for Rhode Island Offshore Wind Farm
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has completed its environmental analysis of the proposed Revolution Wind Farm Project off the coast of Rhode...
Lanfine Wind Power Project in Canada Begins Operations
Pattern Energy Group LP, a renewable energy and transmission infrastructure company, has completed construction and begun operation at its 150 MW Lanfine Wind power...
Ignitis, Ocean Winds Provisional Winners of Offshore Wind Project
UAB Ignitis Renewables, a subsidiary of AB Ignitis Group, and its strategic partner for the development of offshore wind farm projects, Ocean Winds (OW),...
N.J. Governor Signs Legislation Promoting Offshore Wind Jobs
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has signed a package of bills to promote the generation of primarily union jobs and the growth of burgeoning...
BOEM Gives Final Go-Ahead to Ocean Wind 1 Project
The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has approved the plan for construction and operations of the Ocean Wind 1...
McDermott Gets Going on BorWin6 Project
McDermott, an engineering and construction solutions provider to the energy industry, held a first steel-cutting ceremony at its Jebel Ali fabrication yard in Dubai,...
Fairwinds Landing to Bolster Virginia Offshore Wind Industry
Developers have broken ground on the Fairwinds Landing maritime operations and logistics center, located at Norfolk Southern Corp.’s Lambert’s Points Docks in Norfolk, Va.
The...
BOEM Reviewing Proposed Wind Farm Off Massachusetts Shores
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is initiating the environmental review of the proposed 2.43 GW Beacon Wind project off the shores of...
Maine Governor Cites Labor Concerns for Offshore Wind Bill Veto
Although a bill to establish visual impact standards for future offshore wind port facilities in Maine originated in the office of Gov. Janet Mills,...
Bill in Congress Forbids Wind Farms in Maine Fishing Areas
Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, recently introduced the Northeast Fisheries Heritage Protection Act. This bill would prohibit commercial offshore wind energy development in Lobster Management...