Another New Jersey offshore wind project runs into turbulence as Leading Light seeks pause
3 months, 2 weeks ago

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

Associated Press  

Another offshore wind project in New Jersey is encountering turbulence. 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. The statement added that the company, during a pause, would continue moving its project ahead with such developmental activities as an “ongoing survey program and preparation of its construction and operations plan.” The request was hailed by opponents of offshore wind, who are particularly vocal in New Jersey. “Yet another offshore wind developer is finding out for themselves that building massive power installations in the ocean is a fool’s errand, especially off the coast of New Jersey,” said Protect Our Coast NJ. “We hope Leading Light follows the example of Orsted and leaves New Jersey before any further degradation of the marine and coastal environment can take place.” Nearly a year ago, Danish wind energy giant Orsted scrapped two offshore wind farms planned off New Jersey’s coast, saying they were no longer financially feasible to build.

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Offshore Wind Project Proposed for New York City, New Jersey and Maryland: Environmental Review Underway
2 months ago

Offshore Wind Project Proposed for New York City, New Jersey and Maryland: Environmental Review Underway

Associated Press  

A large offshore wind farm is being proposed for New York, New Jersey and Maryland. The project, proposed by Community Offshore Wind, would generate 2.8 gigawatts of electricity, enough to power 1 million homes. The project is currently under review by federal regulators, with opponents escalating their legal challenges to the work.

Company says manufacturing problem was behind wind turbine blade breaking off Nantucket Island
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Company says manufacturing problem was behind wind turbine blade breaking off Nantucket Island

Associated Press  

— The maker of a massive wind turbine blade that broke apart off Nantucket Island and washed up on the beaches says a manufacturing problem was responsible. The federal Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement said last week that operations at Vineyard Wind have been suspended until it can be determined whether the “blade failure” impacts other turbine blades on …

Blade collapse, New York launch and New Jersey research show uneven progress of offshore wind
5 months, 1 week ago

Blade collapse, New York launch and New Jersey research show uneven progress of offshore wind

Associated Press  

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Three events Wednesday highlighted the uneven progress of the offshore wind industry in the Northeast, including the start of a major project in New York, research aimed at preventing environmental damage in New Jersey, and a temporary shutdown of a wind farm in Massachusetts after a broken turbine blade washed ashore on a famous beach. “We …

Previous bidder tries again with new offshore wind proposal in New Jersey
5 months, 1 week ago

Previous bidder tries again with new offshore wind proposal in New Jersey

Associated Press  

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — A partnership that proposed an offshore wind farm in New Jersey last year but was not selected by state utility regulators to move forward with it is trying again. Community Offshore Wind said Thursday it had submitted a bid a day earlier to build a wind farm off the state’s southern coast. “Community Offshore Wind was …

Up to two new offshore wind projects are proposed for New Jersey. A third seeks to re-bid its terms
5 months, 1 week ago

Up to two new offshore wind projects are proposed for New Jersey. A third seeks to re-bid its terms

Associated Press  

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Up to two additional offshore wind projects were proposed for the New Jersey coast Wednesday, and the developers of a third project that already has preliminary approval sought to re-bid its terms. The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities received three bids by Wednesday’s deadline in the state’s fourth round of solicitations for offshore wind farms. …

Controversial wind farm stretching along NSW's scenic south coast given green light by Albanese government
6 months, 1 week ago

Controversial wind farm stretching along NSW's scenic south coast given green light by Albanese government

Daily Mail  

A huge, controversial offshore wind farm stretching along some of Australia's most scenic coastline has been given the green light by the Albanese government. Pictured is an artist impression supplied by the Federal Government of how the wind farm will look from Mount Keira Federal Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen announced the creation of the zone in Wollongong, 93kilometres south …

New Jersey and wind farm developer Orsted settle claims for $125M over scrapped offshore projects
6 months, 3 weeks ago

New Jersey and wind farm developer Orsted settle claims for $125M over scrapped offshore projects

Associated Press  

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Danish wind farm developer Orsted will pay New Jersey $125 million to settle claims over the company’s cancellation of two offshore wind farms last year — a little over a third of what the company once was required to pay. The state’s Board of Public Utilities said Tuesday that New Jersey and Orsted have settled claims …

New Jersey seeks fourth round of offshore wind farm proposals as foes push back
7 months, 3 weeks ago

New Jersey seeks fourth round of offshore wind farm proposals as foes push back

Associated Press  

LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP, N.J. — New Jersey is seeking a new round of proposals to build wind energy farms off its coastline, forging ahead with its clean energy goals even as local opposition and challenging economics create blowback to the effort. “Advancing this solicitation really demonstrates that we are committed to seeing the economic development that offshore wind is bringing …

Gusts of activity underway by friends and foes of offshore wind energy projects
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Gusts of activity underway by friends and foes of offshore wind energy projects

Associated Press  

LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Government supporters of offshore wind energy projects in New Jersey and New York are trading blows with opponents in some shore towns who say many vacationers and local residents don’t want to see turbines filling the ocean horizon. “It is imperative that any offshore wind projects are placed far enough out to avoid these drastic …

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, …

Atlantic Shores offshore wind farm in New Jersey would have 157 turbines and be 8.4 miles from shore
9 months, 1 week ago

Atlantic Shores offshore wind farm in New Jersey would have 157 turbines and be 8.4 miles from shore

Associated Press  

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J, — An offshore wind power project proposed for New Jersey would have 157 turbines and be located 8.4 miles from shore at its closest point, data released by the federal government Friday shows. It is one of three offshore wind projects currently pending in New Jersey, which is trying to become the East Coast leader in offshore …

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 …

Two groups appeal the selection of new offshore wind projects for New Jersey, citing cost
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Two groups appeal the selection of new offshore wind projects for New Jersey, citing cost

Associated Press  

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Two homeowners’ groups are challenging New Jersey’s preliminary approval of two new offshore wind power projects, saying they would be unlawfully costly to electricity customers. Protect Our Coast New Jersey and Defend Brigantine Beach and Downbeach filed an appeal to the approval Tuesday in state court, saying that power contracts granted to the project developers violate …

Wind farm off the Massachusetts coast begins delivering steady flow of power
10 months ago

Wind farm off the Massachusetts coast begins delivering steady flow of power

Associated Press  

BOSTON — Vineyard Wind, the wind farm under construction off the coast of Massachusetts, has begun delivering energy to the power grid from five of its planned 62 wind turbines, company and state officials said Thursday. Maura Healey said the delivery of power to the grid from the first five turbines “marks a turning point in the clean energy transition.” …

New Jersey OKs two new offshore wind farms that would be farther from shore and beachgoers’ view
11 months ago

New Jersey OKs two new offshore wind farms that would be farther from shore and beachgoers’ view

Associated Press  

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Stung by the pullout of the world’s largest offshore wind developer from two projects off the New Jersey coast last fall, state energy regulators on Wednesday approved two new wind farm projects, saying they remain committed to making the state a leader in the nascent industry. The board chose projects called Leading Light Wind and Attentive …

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 …

Decades after Europe, turning blades send first commercial offshore wind power onto US grid
1 year ago

Decades after Europe, turning blades send first commercial offshore wind power onto US grid

Associated Press  

NEW LONDON, Conn. — Despite some recent financial setbacks, U.S. offshore windpower has hit a milestone. Danish wind energy developer Ørsted and the utility Eversource announced Wednesday the first electricity from what will be a 12-turbine wind farm called South Fork Wind 35 miles east of Montauk Point, New York. Wind turbine blades for South Fork Wind, an offshore wind …

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 …

Wind power project in New Jersey would be among farthest off East Coast, company says
1 year, 2 months ago

Wind power project in New Jersey would be among farthest off East Coast, company says

Associated Press  

SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. — A proposed wind energy project off New Jersey would be among the farthest from land on the East Coast, the New York-based development company said Monday. State regulators did not identify the company when bids were received in August — one of four received as the state pushes to become the East Coast hub of the …

US gives go-ahead for Orsted’s New Jersey offshore wind farm to start construction
1 year, 5 months ago

US gives go-ahead for Orsted’s New Jersey offshore wind farm to start construction

Associated Press  

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The federal government gave the go-ahead Wednesday for New Jersey’s first offshore wind farm to begin construction, clearing the way for the first of at least three — and likely many more — such projects in a state trying to become the East Coast leader in wind energy. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s action represents …

New Jersey’s other wind farm developer wants government breaks, too; says project ‘at risk’
1 year, 5 months ago

New Jersey’s other wind farm developer wants government breaks, too; says project ‘at risk’

Associated Press  

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — A company approved to build New Jersey’s third offshore wind farm says it, too, wants government financial incentives, saying its project and the jobs it would create are “at risk” without the additional help. Atlantic Shores issued a statement Friday, shortly after New Jersey lawmakers approved a tax break for Danish wind developer Orsted, which has …

New Bedford once lit the world with whale oil. Now it wants to do the same with wind power
1 year, 6 months ago

New Bedford once lit the world with whale oil. Now it wants to do the same with wind power

Associated Press  

— New Bedford was once the city that lit the world, exporting vast quantities of whale oil for lamps in the early 1800s. Nearly two centuries later New Bedford aspires to light the world again, in a different relationship with the sea, as the offshore wind industry arrives here. Vineyard Wind CEO Klaus Skoust Moeller said New Bedford is the …

New Jersey seeks more offshore wind projects; foes want halt
1 year, 9 months ago

New Jersey seeks more offshore wind projects; foes want halt

The Independent  

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New Jersey seeks more offshore wind projects; foes want halt
1 year, 9 months ago

New Jersey seeks more offshore wind projects; foes want halt

Associated Press  

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — New Jersey utility regulators are seeking additional offshore wind farm projects to generate electricity, even as opponents of wind power want to pause or halt the projects. The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities approved a third solicitation of offshore wind projects Monday; three wind farms have already been approved for the waters off southern New …

Lease costs for offshore wind firms at NJ facility unknown
1 year, 11 months ago

Lease costs for offshore wind firms at NJ facility unknown

Associated Press  

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — A second offshore wind firm agreed Wednesday to lease space in a state-built, taxpayer-financed staging facility for such projects, but how much either of them will pay remains unknown. Phil Murphy announced that Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind LLC signed a letter of intent with the New Jersey Economic Development Authority to lease 35 acres of land …

US offshore wind energy industry faces blowback from locals
2 years, 1 month ago

US offshore wind energy industry faces blowback from locals

Associated Press  

OCEAN CITY, N.J. — It’s just one cable meant to bring electricity from an offshore wind farm to a former coal-burning power plant in southern New Jersey, but it symbolizes a big challenge facing the renewable energy industry. But obstacles like the single contentious cable in New Jersey show the challenge the offshore wind energy industry must overcome — quickly …

Firms hired to connect NJ offshore wind farm to power grid
2 years, 7 months ago

Firms hired to connect NJ offshore wind farm to power grid

Associated Press  

OCEAN CITY, N.J. — The developers of a wind energy farm off the southern New Jersey coast said Monday they have hired two companies to connect the project to the electrical grid on land. Ocean Wind 1 has signed contracts with companies that will build electrical substations on land and run power lines from the offshore wind farm to the …

Offshore wind energy auction in NJ, NY draws $4.37B in bids
2 years, 9 months ago

Offshore wind energy auction in NJ, NY draws $4.37B in bids

Associated Press  

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Six companies bid a combined $4.37 billion for the right to build wind energy projects on the ocean floor off New Jersey and New York in the U.S. government’s largest such auction in history, a federal agency said Friday. The auction by the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management involved six tracts off New York and …

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 …

Work starting on 1st commercial-scale US offshore wind farm
3 years, 1 month ago

Work starting on 1st commercial-scale US offshore wind farm

Associated Press  

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland joined with Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday to mark the groundbreaking of the Vineyard Wind 1 project, the first commercial-scale offshore wind farm in the United States. “This project and others across the country will create robust and sustainable economies that lift up communities and support good-paying jobs, while also ensuring future generations have a …

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. …

Concern about endangered whales cited in suit over wind farm
3 years, 3 months ago

Concern about endangered whales cited in suit over wind farm

The Independent  

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They’re not blown away by NJ’s offshore wind power plans
3 years, 5 months ago

They’re not blown away by NJ’s offshore wind power plans

Associated Press  

OCEAN CITY, N.J. — New Jersey is moving aggressively to become the leader in the fast-growing offshore wind energy industry on the East Coast, but not everyone is blown away by those ambitious plans. “They’re still learning about this, and we’re the guinea pigs,” said Rick Bertsch, who is active with a group of Ocean City residents opposed to three …

Offshore wind farm gets approval from coastal regulators
3 years, 6 months ago

Offshore wind farm gets approval from coastal regulators

Associated Press  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island coastal regulators have given a proposed wind farm off the state’s coast critical approval over the objections of the fishing industry and some environmentalists. The vote Wednesday by the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council in favor of the South Fork Wind Farm moves the project one step closer to reality. The environmental group Save …

Vineyard Wind: America’s first major offshore wind farm is central to Biden’s climate ambitions
3 years, 7 months ago

Vineyard Wind: America’s first major offshore wind farm is central to Biden’s climate ambitions

CNN  

New York CNN Business — A brand-new industry is launching in America — and its fate is inextricably linked to the success or failure of President Joe Biden’s ambitious climate agenda. The federal government this week gave the green light to Vineyard Wind, the nation’s first commercial scale offshore wind farm. “We do feel a responsibility to get it right,” …

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 …

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 …

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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