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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...

PGS Wins U.S. Offshore Wind Site Characterization Contract

Based in Norway, PGS, a geophysical company that provides seismic and reservoir services, including data acquisition, imaging and interpretation, has been awarded a large...

DOE: Nearly 300,000 Energy Jobs Added in 2022

The 2023 U.S. Energy and Employment Report (USEER), a comprehensive study by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), designed to track and understand employment...

ACORE Report Examines Downside of PJM Grid Backlog

The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) recently quantified the potential economic benefits of the onshore renewable energy projects awaiting grid connection in PJM,...

Kent Gets FEED Contract for Two Irish Sea Wind Farms

Kent PLC, a provider of engineering and design services to the offshore wind industry, will design the jacket foundations for 17-24 MW turbines 115...

Pooki Wind Farm to Be Developed off Finland

Skyborn Renewables and Metsahallitus, a state-owned enterprise in Finland, have entered into a reservation agreement granting five years of exclusive rights to develop the...

SWEPCO Secures 999 MW of Wind, Solar in Louisiana

The Louisiana Public Service Commission (LPSC) has given approval to Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO), an American Electric Power company, to move forward with...

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...

Seaway7 Awarded East Anglia THREE Offshore Wind Contract

Seaway7, a subsidiary of Luxembourg’s Subsea7 S.A., has been awarded a contract by ScottishPower Renewables for the transport and installation of the foundations and...

Greentown Go Energize 2023 Selects Five Offshore Wind Tech Startups

Climatetech incubator Greentown Labs and Vineyard Wind, developer of the first utility-scale offshore wind farm in the United States, have selected five startups to...

UL Solutions Certification Body, DEWI-OCC, Now Accredited

The DEWI Offshore and Certification Centre GmbH (DEWI-OCC), a third-party certification body within applied safety science authority UL Solutions, has been granted accreditation from...

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...
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Iberdrola Enhancing NY Power Grid for Offshore Wind Energy

Iberdrola is preparing to deliver offshore wind power from the Long Island grid to New York City and Westchester County. A significant portion of...

Dual-Axis Blade Exciter Gets Going at MassCEC WTTC

Massachusetts Clean Energy Center’s (MassCEC) Wind Technology Testing Center (WTTC) has taken delivery of the world’s largest dual-axis blade exciter from Danish engineering company...

Offshore Wind Innovation Hub Names Competition Winners

The Offshore Wind Innovation Hub has named the first round of startup companies selected to receive support to develop innovative ideas designed to unleash...

LS Power Grid Maine Gets Go-Ahead for Transmission Infrastructure

LS Power Grid Maine, a subsidiary of LS Power and developer, investor and operator of projects in the North American power and energy sector,...

Iberdrola Deutschland and SHS Sign Long-Term PPA

Iberdrola Deutschland and Stahl Holding Saar GmbH & Co. KGaA have signed a long-term power purchase agreement. The cooperation between the two companies is...

Giant Jack-Up Vessel Voltaire Reports for Duty in UK

The largest offshore jack-up installation vessel ever built, Voltaire, recently pulled into the port of Able Seaton, United Kingdom. Voltaire of the Jan De...

Avangrid Solidifies Offshore New Business, Development Teams

Avangrid Inc., developer of the Vineyard 1 project, has consolidated its offshore new business and development teams under the leadership of Ken Kimmell, who...

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