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 were making projects more expensive as developers were trying to get the first large U.S. offshore wind farms opened. The nation’s second large offshore wind farm, Vineyard Wind, is expected to open later this year off the coast of Massachusetts, too.

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US chooses winning bids in first commercial sale for floating offshore Atlantic wind
1 month, 3 weeks ago

US chooses winning bids in first commercial sale for floating offshore Atlantic wind

The Independent  

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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

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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 …

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. …

US Offshore Wind Farms Are Being Strangled With Red Tape
6 months, 4 weeks ago

US Offshore Wind Farms Are Being Strangled With Red Tape

Wired  

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. America’s first large-scale offshore wind farms began sending power to the Northeast in early 2024, but a wave of wind farm project cancellations and rising costs have left many people with doubts about the industry’s future in the US. The offshore wind industry’s troubles are complicated, but it’s …

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

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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.” …

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 …

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 …

Contrary to politicians’ claims, offshore wind farms don’t kill whales. Here’s what to know.
1 year ago

Contrary to politicians’ claims, offshore wind farms don’t kill whales. Here’s what to know.

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Maine — Unfounded claims about offshore wind threatening whales have surfaced as a flashpoint in the fight over the future of renewable energy. The Associated Press sorts fact from fiction when it comes to whales and wind power as the rare North Atlantic right whale’s migration season gets underway: WHERE ARE U.S. OFFSHORE WIND PROJECTS? Lawsuits from community groups …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 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

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 …

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

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Biden's offshore wind plan could create thousands of jobs, but challenges remain
1 year, 11 months ago

Biden's offshore wind plan could create thousands of jobs, but challenges remain

NPR  

Biden's offshore wind plan could create thousands of jobs, but challenges remain Enlarge this image toggle caption AFP via Getty Images AFP via Getty Images The United States is trying to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels in order to meet its climate goals under the Paris climate agreement. "I think offshore wind energy is poised to support good paying …

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, …

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 …

1st lease sale to be held for offshore wind on West Coast
2 years, 2 months ago

1st lease sale to be held for offshore wind on West Coast

Associated Press  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The Biden administration will hold the first-ever lease sale for offshore wind energy on the West Coast, officials said Tuesday. JC Sandberg, the American Clean Power Association’s interim CEO, said Lefton’s “historic announcement” marks a significant milestone for offshore wind in the United States and on the West Coast. President Joe Biden set a goal of deploying …

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 …

The Race to Build Wind Farms That Float on the Open Sea
2 years, 5 months ago

The Race to Build Wind Farms That Float on the Open Sea

Wired  

The makers of wind turbines have, for many decades now, labored to harness one of the mightiest forces in nature. According to industry body Wind Europe, 80 percent of the offshore wind resource in European waters is in places too deep to make today’s fixed-bottom turbines an economically sensible choice. It’s time to begin hunting for a winner, given the …

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 …

Rhode Island leaders want ‘bold’ commitment to offshore wind
2 years, 9 months ago

Rhode Island leaders want ‘bold’ commitment to offshore wind

Associated Press  

Rhode Island leaders want offshore wind to supply more of the state’s power in order to cement its position as a hub for the industry, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and set an example for other states looking to stave off the worst effects of a warming planet. McKee said Wednesday that expanding the state’s offshore wind resources will further position …

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 …

Closed coal plant will be transformed into offshore wind hub
2 years, 10 months ago

Closed coal plant will be transformed into offshore wind hub

Associated Press  

The site of a former coal-fired power plant in Somerset will be transformed into the first offshore wind manufacturing facility in Massachusetts, the governor announced Thursday. An Italian cable manufacturing company, Prysmian Group, finalized an agreement to acquire a 47-acre parcel at the site to make subsea transmission cables that will bring power generated by offshore wind to the electrical …

Energy company forecasts offshore wind farm capable of powering smelter in Portland, Victoria
3 years ago

Energy company forecasts offshore wind farm capable of powering smelter in Portland, Victoria

ABC  

A major Australian energy company has floated the prospect of building an offshore wind farm that could completely power one Victoria's biggest power users. Key points: Alcoa Energy announced "potential" for a 1000MW wind farm to be built near Portland The proposed farm would connect to the grid via the Aloca aluminium smelter, which accounts for about 10 per cent …

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, …

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

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For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. ACK Residents Against Turbines say Vineyard Wind’s proposed project …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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