Offshore

As a part of the procurement, Massachusetts selected 2,678 MW in total from three projects, while Rhode Island secured 200 MW from one.

The biggest problem facing offshore wind energy isn’t broken blades. It’s public opinion.

09.06.2024

Vineyard Wind blade failure amplifies concerns, conspiracies over nascent industry

Interior greenlights Maryland Offshore Wind Project

09.06.2024

More than a decade in the making, Maryland Offshore Wind has received a Record of Decision on its federal permit application. Final approvals for the 2 GW project could come later this year.

Another New Jersey offshore wind project runs into turbulence as Leading Light seeks pause

09.05.2024

Leading Light Wind is asking the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities to give it a pause through late December on its plan to build an offshore wind farm off the coast of Long Beach Island.

Revolution Wind installs first offshore turbine

09.04.2024

Revolution Wind has installed the first of 65 Siemens Gamesa turbines, the same model used at Ørsted and Eversource’s South Fork Wind.

First wind lease sale offshore Oregon announced for October

08.30.2024

BOEM will auction two wind lease areas off the coast of Oregon on October 15, opening the door for up to 3.1 GW of development.

Resin made from biomass aids recycling of wind turbine blades finds NREL

08.26.2024

NREL researchers have nicknamed the biomass-derivable resin PECAN (PolyEster Covalently Adaptable Network) and have demonstrated its use in a 9-meter blade prototype.

In boosting clean energy in Minnesota, Walz lays foundation for climate influence if Harris wins

Walz’s effort to resolve a major obstacle to the clean energy transition nationwide is getting new attention since he was tapped as Kamala Harris’ running mat…

CPUC unanimously adopts plan advancing 7.6 GW of offshore wind

CPUC’s final decision recommends solicitations for offshore wind projects begin by 2027, with intent to deliver power no later than 2037….

In the shadow of the Vineyard Wind incident, another GE Vernova Haliade-X turbine has failed at Dogger Bank wind farm offshore England….

Maine gets a lease area for floating offshore wind research. What’s next?

The lease area could allow for the deployment of up to 12 floating offshore wind turbines capable of generating up to 144 MW of renewable energy, BOEM said….

Eversource gets grant for offshore wind hub

DOE’s Grid Innovation Program is awarding $89M to Eversource to construct a new 345 kV switching station in Montville, Connecticut….

Waiting in the wind: Revolution Wind delayed to 2026

Soil contamination at an onshore substation site being developed by Eversource has pushed back Ørsted’s timeline for Revolution Wind. Can the U.S. offshore win…

How much is an offshore wind lease area really worth?

Dominion and Equinor Wind placed high bids in BOEM’s latest offshore wind auction for areas offshore Delware, Maryland, and Virginia….

Vineyard Wind says it is resuming construction

The blade incident at Vineyard Wind, a joint venture of Avangrid and Vineyard Offshore, has been a major setback for the first industrial scale wind farm in the…

Sometimes it blows in April: Wind surpasses coal-fired generation

For the first time in nearly a year, U.S. wind generation has ecliped coal-fired generation, setting a new record in the month of April….