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Mass. Governor Reforms Offshore Wind Energy Procurement, Supply, Jobs
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker has signed comprehensive clean energy legislation that reforms the commonwealth’s offshore wind procurement process, drives job creation and economic development,...
Iberdrola Begins Construction of East Anglia Three Offshore Wind Project
Iberdrola has begun construction in the U.K. of the East Anglia Three offshore wind farm, which will have a capacity of 1,400 MW -...
Sunrise Wind Trains New York Workers for Wind Energy Construction Careers
Sunrise Wind, in a strategic partnership with the Center for Economic Growth, says it is committing $300,000 to recruit and train workers in Albany’s...
California: 25,000 MW of Offshore Wind by 2045
The California Energy Commission (CEC) has adopted a report establishing offshore wind goals and moving the state one step closer to development of the...
Ohio Supreme Court Approves Permit for First Freshwater Offshore Wind Farm
The Supreme Court of Ohio has approved the permit to construct North America’s first freshwater offshore wind-powered electric-generation facility, according to the court’s Court...
Through Joint Venture Hexicon, Avapa Develop Five Offshore Wind Sites
Wind power developer Hexicon is now operating in Italy through its joint venture, AvenHexicon Srl, with partner Avapa Energy Srl. AvenHexicon is currently in...
NREL Introduces Ordinance Databases for Siting Wind, Solar Energy Projects
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has released two new databases of state and local wind and solar energy zoning laws and ordinances in...
BOEM Extends Public Comment Period for Gulf of Mexico Wind Energy
The original 30-day comment period for wind energy in the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) – scheduled to end on August 19...
$675 Million Federal Program Expands Domestic Critical Materials Supply Chain
The Biden-Harris administration, through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), has issued a Request for Information (RFI) on the development and implementation of a...
Compute North Energizes Data Center Co-located at Texas Wind Farm
Compute North, a sustainable, large-scale computing infrastructure company, has energized the company’s fifth TIER 0 data center. Spanning 29 acres near a wind site...
Evergy Signs Purchase Deal with Scout, Elawan for Persimmon Creek Wind Farm
Evergy has purchased the 199 MW Persimmon Creek Wind Farm in western Oklahoma for a purchase price of about $250 million from a partnership...
Activate Renewables Purchases Over 115 MW Portfolio of Wind, Solar Assets
Activate Renewables, an acquirer of real estate and royalty interests in wind, solar and energy storage, has closed on the purchase of a portfolio...
Senate Passes Inflation Reduction Act to Advance Wind Energy Deployment
The U.S. Senate has passed the landmark Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA), which includes provisions related to the production tax credit (PTC), offshore...
Barge Master Assigns OSI as North American Distributor, Manufacturer
OSI Renewables, a recently introduced product offering of Oil States Industries Inc. (OSI) leveraging more than four decades of marine industry deck equipment manufacturing...
EIA: U.S. Market Saw 13 Percent Increase in Wind Production
In 2020, energy production in the United States fell by record amounts compared with 2019, mostly as a result of decreased economic activity during...
Commission Grants Approval to Dominion Energy for Virginia Offshore Wind Project
Dominion Energy has reached a major milestone in the development of the 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project by receiving approval from...
APT, Morrison Foster N.J. Workforce with Jacket Foundation Fabrication Training
Atlantic Power Transmission LLC (APT), a Blackstone portfolio company, is collaborating with Morrison Energy on an initiative to invest in New Jersey’s workforce and...
TotalEnergies, Corio and Qair Form Consortium for Floating Offshore Wind
A consortium of TotalEnergies, Corio Generation and Qair has been pre-selected by the French Directorate General for Energy and Climate (DGEC) to participate in...
Commerce Dept., Maryland, Orsted Create Offshore Wind Training Consortium
Following a $22.9 million federal investment by the U.S. Department of Commerce and State of Maryland in the state’s offshore wind workforce training, Ørsted,...
Orsted, Eversource Launch R.I. Offshore Wind Workforce Collaboration
Offshore wind joint-venture partners Ørsted and Eversource have formed a collaborative partnership with higher education, labor and workforce development organizations to prepare Rhode Island’s...