Biden administration unveils offshore wind plan for California
3 years, 6 months ago

Biden administration unveils offshore wind plan for California

LA Times  

The federal government plans to open more than 250,000 acres off the California coast to wind development, the Biden administration announced Tuesday, as part of a major effort to ramp up the nation’s renewable energy and cut its climate-warming emissions. The Department of Defense had also pushed back on expanding offshore wind power into California, warning in the past that developments could interfere with the military’s exercises and operations. World & Nation Offshore wind project near Martha’s Vineyard approved An offshore wind project off Massachusetts that would create 800 megawatts of electricity, enough to power 400,000 homes, was approved by the federal government. As for the engineering challenges, the California coast presents an interesting problem: Unlike federal waters off the East Coast, which are shallow enough to allow offshore wind infrastructure to be secured to the Atlantic seafloor, the Pacific Ocean is so deep that the only viable way to install offshore wind farms would be to build floating turbines that are tethered in place by cables. If approved by the Legislature, about $20 million would pay for new environmental science positions at state agencies to analyze project proposals, public outreach and port upgrades at Humboldt Bay that could support the development of an offshore wind farm along the state’s North Coast, among other priorities.

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Climate solutions: 2 kinds of ocean energy inch forward off the Oregon coast
3 months ago

Climate solutions: 2 kinds of ocean energy inch forward off the Oregon coast

Associated Press  

NEWPORT, Ore. — On a cloudy late August morning, Burke Hales was on a boat a mile off the central Oregon coast, pointing to a sandy beach along the forested shoreline. The federal government issued the nation’s first floating offshore wind research lease to the state of Maine in August, and Oregon’s commercial lease sale is next month. The opposition …

Offshore wind opponents in Australia, Europe lean on US groups for advice
3 months ago

Offshore wind opponents in Australia, Europe lean on US groups for advice

Hindustan Times  

* Offshore wind opponents in Australia, Europe lean on US groups for advice Groups' cooperation presents a new challenge to the industry * Several groups believe governments, developers downplaying environmental risk * Groups accused of links to right-wing and fossil fuel interests By Nichola Groom and Lewis Jackson LOS ANGELES/SYDNEY, Sept 23 - Bill Thompson's fight to stop offshore wind …

Oregon tribe sues over federal agency plans to hold an offshore wind energy auction
3 months, 1 week ago

Oregon tribe sues over federal agency plans to hold an offshore wind energy auction

Associated Press  

EUGENE, Ore. — A tribe in Oregon whose culture is tied to the ocean is suing the U.S. government over plans to hold an offshore wind energy auction next month, saying the environmental analysis underpinning the sale was too narrow and based on a “predetermined political decision.” The lawsuit, filed by the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw …

Biden administration approves the nation’s eighth large offshore wind project
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden administration approves the nation’s eighth large offshore wind project

Associated Press  

The Biden administration approved a new wind project off the Massachusetts coast Tuesday that is large enough it will provide more electricity than the state’s former coal-fired generating station. Avangrid’s New England Wind is the United States’ eighth large offshore wind project to be greenlit and is tied for the largest ever approved, but will probably be smaller. Ken Kimmell, …

The United States has its first large offshore wind farm, with more to come
9 months, 1 week ago

The United States has its first large offshore wind farm, with more to come

The Independent  

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The United States has its first large offshore wind farm, with more to come
9 months, 1 week ago

The United States has its first large offshore wind farm, with more to come

Associated Press  

America’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm is officially open, a long-awaited moment that helps pave the way for a succession of large wind farms. Revolution Wind will be Rhode Island and Connecticut’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm, capable of powering more than 350,000 homes next year. High inflation, supply chain disruptions and the rising cost of capital and building materials …

Feds finalize areas for floating offshore wind farms along Oregon coast
10 months, 1 week ago

Feds finalize areas for floating offshore wind farms along Oregon coast

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Ore. — The federal government has finalized two areas for floating offshore wind farms along the Oregon coast, authorities announced Tuesday, bringing the state closer to commercially developing and producing a renewable energy source that’s part of the fight against climate change. “Offshore wind is likely to play an important role in meeting our state’s growing energy demand and …

Two large offshore wind sites are sending power to the US grid for the first time
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Two large offshore wind sites are sending power to the US grid for the first time

Associated Press  

For the first time in the United States, turbines are sending electricity to the grid from the sites of two large offshore wind farms. Avangrid CEO Pedro Azagra said 2023 was a historic year for offshore wind with “steel in the water and people at work, and today, we begin a new chapter and welcome 2024 by delivering the first …

Offshore wind in the U.S. hit headwinds in 2023. Here's what you need to know
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Offshore wind in the U.S. hit headwinds in 2023. Here's what you need to know

NPR  

Offshore wind in the U.S. hit headwinds in 2023. Here's what you need to know Enlarge this image toggle caption Jesse Costa/WBUR Jesse Costa/WBUR There's a lot riding on the nascent U.S. offshore wind industry: the ability to tap into a huge source of clean energy and reduce carbon emissions, the opportunity to create thousands of jobs, the unique chance …

Offshore wind projects face economic storm. Cancellations jeopardize Biden clean energy goals
1 year, 1 month ago

Offshore wind projects face economic storm. Cancellations jeopardize Biden clean energy goals

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The cancellation of two large offshore wind projects in New Jersey is the latest in a series of setbacks for the nascent U.S. offshore wind industry, jeopardizing the Biden administration’s goals of powering 10 million homes from towering ocean-based turbines by 2030 and establishing a carbon-free electric grid five years later. “While macroeconomic headwinds are creating challenges for …

Massive windfarm project to be built off Virginia coast gains key federal approval
1 year, 1 month ago

Massive windfarm project to be built off Virginia coast gains key federal approval

Associated Press  

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A power company’s plans for an enormous offshore wind farm off Virginia’s coast gained key federal approval Tuesday after the Biden Administration evaluated the project’s potential impact on the environment. Dominion said its project will be the largest offshore wind farm under development in the United States. “Today’s approval of the largest offshore wind project in …

Four tracts of federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico are designated for wind power development
1 year, 1 month ago

Four tracts of federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico are designated for wind power development

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — The Biden administration on Friday designated four tracts of federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico off the Texas and Louisiana coasts for development of wind energy. That sale drew a $5.6 million bid from one company for one Gulf tract — a modest start for wind energy in the Gulf, which lags behind the Northeast in …

California is going big on offshore wind. That’s good for climate, but not enough
1 year, 3 months ago

California is going big on offshore wind. That’s good for climate, but not enough

LA Times  

This story was originally published in Boiling Point, a newsletter about climate change and the environment. Gavin Newsom announced a deal with legislative leaders that could prompt construction of California’s first offshore wind farms — an expensive but valuable resource that researchers have found can play a key role in reaching 100% clean energy. He described the legislation — along …

$5.6 million bid for one offshore tract marks modest start for Gulf of Mexico wind energy
1 year, 3 months ago

$5.6 million bid for one offshore tract marks modest start for Gulf of Mexico wind energy

The Independent  

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Maine plans to use offshore wind for half its energy needs by 2040
1 year, 4 months ago

Maine plans to use offshore wind for half its energy needs by 2040

Associated Press  

AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine will procure at least 3,000 megawatts of electricity from offshore wind turbines by 2040 under a bill signed Thursday by Democratic Gov. “Offshore wind, done responsibly, offers Maine the opportunity to secure abundant clean energy, stable energy prices, good-paying jobs and a healthier environment for future generations,” Mills said in a statement. The timeline calls for …

US energy officials release strategy to boost offshore wind
1 year, 8 months ago

US energy officials release strategy to boost offshore wind

Associated Press  

The U.S. Energy Department said Wednesday it has a new strategy to meet the goal of vastly expanding offshore wind energy to address climate change. The Biden administration wants to build 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy by 2030 — enough to power more than 10 million homes. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm promised in a statement that offshore wind “will …

What offshore wind power could mean for California (when turbines eventually start spinning)
1 year, 11 months ago

What offshore wind power could mean for California (when turbines eventually start spinning)

LA Times  

A floating offshore wind farm in Scotland, operated by Equinor, an international energy company. According to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the newly auctioned parcels have “the potential to produce over 4.6 gigawatts of offshore wind energy, enough to power over 1.5 million homes.” If you’re like me and Marty McFly, you’re probably wondering: What the hell is a …

1st US floating offshore wind auction nets $757M in bids
2 years ago

1st US floating offshore wind auction nets $757M in bids

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Ore. — The first-ever U.S. auction of leases to develop commercial-scale floating wind farms in the deep waters off the West Coast attracted $757 million in winning bids Wednesday from mostly European companies, in a project watched by other regions and countries just getting their own plans for floating offshore wind started. The winning bids came from Norway’s Equinor; …

Five companies will pay the feds $750 million for the opportunity to build huge floating wind turbines off the West Coast
2 years ago

Five companies will pay the feds $750 million for the opportunity to build huge floating wind turbines off the West Coast

CNN  

CNN — The Biden administration’s first-ever offshore wind energy lease sale for federal waters off the West Coast generated more than $750 million, as energy companies competed for five areas that could eventually be home to massive floating wind turbines. “I don’t see that happening again anytime soon.” The lower bids in this week’s lease sale were due in part …

Sale jumpstarts floating, offshore wind power in US waters
2 years ago

Sale jumpstarts floating, offshore wind power in US waters

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Ore. — Tuesday marks the first-ever U.S. auction of leases to develop commercial-scale floating wind farms, in the deep waters off the West Coast. Europe has some floating offshore wind — a project in the North Sea has been operating since 2017 — but the potential for the technology is huge in areas of strong wind off America’s coasts, …

Biden plans floating platforms to expand offshore wind power
2 years, 3 months ago

Biden plans floating platforms to expand offshore wind power

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Thursday announced plans to develop floating platforms in the deep ocean for wind towers that could power millions of homes and vastly expand offshore wind in the United States. “Today we’re launching efforts to seize a new opportunity — floating offshore wind — which will let us build in deep water areas where turbines …

Biden stops short of declaring climate emergency, takes steps on wind power
2 years, 5 months ago

Biden stops short of declaring climate emergency, takes steps on wind power

The Hindu  

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that climate change is an emergency but stopped short of a formal declaration, announcing a modest package of executive actions and promising more aggressive efforts. Still, those actions fall short of demands by Democratic lawmakers and environmental activists who want Mr. Biden to formally declare a climate emergency, which would enable the use …

Better late than never: Biden administration unveils new push for offshore wind
2 years, 5 months ago

Better late than never: Biden administration unveils new push for offshore wind

Salon  

The Biden administration and 11 states on the East Coast are working together to accelerate the construction of offshore wind projects in the United States. Through a new initiative called the Federal-State Offshore Wind Implementation Partnership, Biden administration and governors from states where offshore wind projects exist or are in the works aim to expedite permitting processes, build the infrastructure …

Biden teams with East Coast governors to boost offshore wind
2 years, 6 months ago

Biden teams with East Coast governors to boost offshore wind

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The White House on Thursday launched a formal partnership with 11 East Coast governors to boost the growing offshore wind industry, a key element of President Joe Biden’s plan for climate change. Youngkin is “fully committed to Virginia’s current offshore wind project” and will continue to support any future project “that meets Virginia’s economic needs and protects ratepayers …

US: Ukraine war ‘screams’ need to reject Russian energy
2 years, 7 months ago

US: Ukraine war ‘screams’ need to reject Russian energy

Associated Press  

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said Wednesday that Russia’s war on Ukraine “screams” that the world needs to stop importing oil and gas from Russia and instead move toward other forms of energy. At an international forum on offshore wind energy in Atlantic City, Granholm said the U.S. as well as its energy industries “are on …

US: Ukraine war 'screams' need to reject Russian energy
2 years, 7 months ago

US: Ukraine war 'screams' need to reject Russian energy

ABP News  

Atlantic City, Apr 27 : US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said Wednesday that Russia's war on Ukraine “screams” that the world needs to stop importing oil and gas from Russia and instead move toward other forms of energy. At an international forum on offshore wind energy in Atlantic City, Granholm said the U.S. as well as its energy industries “are …

We’re about to see a boom in wind power at sea and on land
2 years, 9 months ago

We’re about to see a boom in wind power at sea and on land

The Independent  

An army of gentle giants is assembling on horizons around Britain. Plummeting costs, demand for clean energy from consumers, and vast areas of seabed being made available by the Crown Estate are together fuelling an incredible roll out of clean, green energy provision which will see the UK become the world’s number one producer of electricity from wind, surpassing China …

A Chumash tribe and conservationists are fighting a controversial offshore wind power plan
2 years, 9 months ago

A Chumash tribe and conservationists are fighting a controversial offshore wind power plan

LA Times  

Bart Vreeswijk, a beach keeper with the Vandenberg Space Force Base Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands, walks along Surf Beach in northern Santa Barbara County. “It will also change the way the whole world understands us.” However, applications have been submitted by Cierco Corp. and Ideol USA to the State Lands Commission for leases to install up to …

Interior to hold auction for offshore wind power in NY, NJ
2 years, 11 months ago

Interior to hold auction for offshore wind power in NY, NJ

Associated Press  

TRENTON, N.J. — The Biden administration said Wednesday it will hold its first offshore wind auction next month, offering nearly 500,000 acres off the coast of New York and New Jersey for wind energy projects that could produce enough electricity to power nearly 2 million homes. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said the Feb. 23 auction in the New York Bight …

Energy secretary: Offshore wind brings ‘gust’ of job growth
3 years ago

Energy secretary: Offshore wind brings ‘gust’ of job growth

Associated Press  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said Thursday that the administration’s goal for offshore wind and the projects being developed now represent a “gust of job growth throughout the country.” Granholm visited a new offshore wind manufacturing hub in Providence to talk about the Biden administration’s plan to deploy 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy by 2030 and …

Interior Department approves 2nd large US offshore wind farm
3 years ago

Interior Department approves 2nd large US offshore wind farm

Associated Press  

The Biden administration approved an offshore wind farm off the coasts of Rhode Island and New York on Wednesday as part of a plan to deploy 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy by 2030. The U.S. Department of the Interior announced it approved the construction and operations of the South Fork Wind project, the department’s second approval of a commercial-scale, …

New wind farms would dot US coastlines under Biden plan
3 years, 2 months ago

New wind farms would dot US coastlines under Biden plan

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Seven major offshore wind farms would be developed on the East and West coasts and in the Gulf of Mexico under a plan announced Wednesday by the Biden administration. The projects are part of President Joe Biden’s plan to deploy 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy by 2030, generating enough electricity to power more than 10 million homes. …

Biden Administration Strikes A Deal To Bring Offshore Wind To California
3 years, 6 months ago

Biden Administration Strikes A Deal To Bring Offshore Wind To California

NPR  

Biden Administration Strikes A Deal To Bring Offshore Wind To California Enlarge this image toggle caption Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images The Biden administration plans to open the California coast to offshore wind development, ending a long-running stalemate with the Department of Defense that has been the biggest barrier to building wind power along the …

Offshore wind project seen as key to clean energy gets OK
3 years, 7 months ago

Offshore wind project seen as key to clean energy gets OK

Associated Press  

An offshore wind project off Massachusetts that would create enough electricity to power 400,000 homes and is touted by backers as a key piece of America’s transition to renewable energy was approved Tuesday by the federal government. The project and Ocean Wind, a proposed 1,100-megawatt offshore wind project off New Jersey, are keystones in the Biden administration’s push to grow …

Biden Administration Approves 1st Major Offshore Wind Energy Project
3 years, 7 months ago

Biden Administration Approves 1st Major Offshore Wind Energy Project

NPR  

Biden Administration Approves 1st Major Offshore Wind Energy Project Enlarge this image toggle caption Michael Dwyer/AP Michael Dwyer/AP The U.S. Interior Department approved the country's first large-scale offshore wind project Tuesday, a final hurdle that reverses course from the Trump administration and sets the stage for a major shift in the energy landscape. Lars Pedersen, Vineyard Wind's CEO, recently told …

Biden Administration Boosts Wind And Solar Ambitions Ahead Of Infrastructure Push
3 years, 8 months ago

Biden Administration Boosts Wind And Solar Ambitions Ahead Of Infrastructure Push

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Biden administration is laying the policy groundwork to boost renewable energy production ahead of unveiling an anticipated $3 trillion package to prioritize green infrastructure and curb planet-altering greenhouse gas emissions. “I recognize that over the past few years, the federal government’s approach to offshore wind has probably seemed like a chicken with its head cut off,” …

Biden administration announces plan to expand wind power
3 years, 8 months ago

Biden administration announces plan to expand wind power

Al Jazeera  

The White House said the plan would create more than 44,000 jobs and employ nearly 33,000 in offshore wind activity. The White House has announced plans to expand offshore wind energy in the coming decade by opening new areas to development, speeding environmental permitting, and boosting public financing for projects. The plan would create jobs for more than 44,000 workers …

Offshore wind project off Martha’s Vineyard nears approval
3 years, 9 months ago

Offshore wind project off Martha’s Vineyard nears approval

Associated Press  

— The first commercial-scale offshore wind power development in U.S. history is edging closer to approval, federal officials said Monday. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management made the announcement about Vineyard Wind, a much anticipated and debated project off Massachusetts that would include dozens of turbines and produce enough power for more than 400,000 homes. President Joe Biden’s administration has …

Joe Biden wants 100% clean energy. Will California show that it’s possible?
3 years, 10 months ago

Joe Biden wants 100% clean energy. Will California show that it’s possible?

LA Times  

Solar panels track the morning sun at Rosamond Central, a newly completed 192-megawatt solar farm developed by Clearway Energy Group in California’s Kern County, on Feb. 4, 2021, with wind turbines in the background. “People won’t want to buy electric hot water heaters for their homes because boiling natural gas is clearly cheaper.” Yet the Independent System Operator — the …

Offshore wind farms, big in Europe, could boom in US under Biden
3 years, 10 months ago

Offshore wind farms, big in Europe, could boom in US under Biden

Live Mint  

Developers of offshore wind farms, long awaiting their moment in the US, are pushing the Biden administration to cut through red tape that has for years stymied the industry’s domestic growth. President Biden signed an executive order last month directing the Interior secretary to identify steps to double offshore wind production by 2030, part of an effort to deploy more …

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