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Trump has vowed to kill US offshore wind projects. Will he succeed?
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump has vowed to kill US offshore wind projects. Will he succeed?

Associated Press  

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Opponents of offshore wind energy projects expect President-elect Donald Trump to kill an industry he has vowed to end on the first day he returns to the White House. Many of the largest offshore wind companies put a brave face on the election results, pledging to work with Trump and Congress to build power projects and …

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US elections: Why renewable energy stocks tumbled after Donald Trump's win
1 month, 2 weeks ago

US elections: Why renewable energy stocks tumbled after Donald Trump's win

India Today  

Donald Trump's pledge to halt renewable energy projects on his first day in office has sent shockwaves through the industry, causing renewable energy stocks to fall sharply. If Trump follows through on his pledge, the renewable energy sector could face severe challenges. While Trump’s ability to make these changes would depend on congressional backing and potential pushback from businesses and …

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Lawsuits buffet US offshore wind projects, seeking to end or delay them
3 months ago

Lawsuits buffet US offshore wind projects, seeking to end or delay them

The Independent  

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 Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Offshore wind projects undergo rigorous …

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Wind farms’ benefits to communities can be slow or complex, leading to opposition and misinformation
5 months ago

Wind farms’ benefits to communities can be slow or complex, leading to opposition and misinformation

Associated Press  

After NextEra proposed a wind farm in Greeley County, Nebraska two years ago, Robert Bernt, a dairy farm owner in the area, helped to mobilize community members against the idea. His group held town hall meetings and ran ads on the radio, arguing the wind farm would “fragment” the community, by lowering property values and leaving “decaying blades in our …

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Wind power can be a major source of tax revenue, but officials struggle to get communities on board
5 months ago

Wind power can be a major source of tax revenue, but officials struggle to get communities on board

Associated Press  

PIPER CITY, Ill. — In Scott Saffer’s science classroom, kids bake cookies in a decked-out kitchen, care for fish, turtles and a snake, and have access to a workshop full of tools. “Those kinds of numbers, they’re the difference between us being here and not.” An Associated Press analysis of county tax data in Illinois found wind companies rank among …

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New energy helps in green transition
5 months, 1 week ago

New energy helps in green transition

China Daily  

Technicians check a power transmission tower in Chuzhou, Anhui province. SONG WEIXING/FOR CHINA DAILY Installations of new energy in China, including solar and wind, were predominant in the power sector last year, further accelerating the country's green and low-carbon transition, the China Electricity Council said. Investments in national power generation projects reached 1.02 trillion yuan, up 37.7 percent year-on-year, while …

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Labour to launch state-owned Great British Energy in £8.3bn market intervention
5 months, 1 week ago

Labour to launch state-owned Great British Energy in £8.3bn market intervention

The Telegraph  

Labour is pushing ahead with plans to launch a state-owned energy company backed up with £8.3bn of taxpayer funds, in one of the biggest market interventions for decades. In the King’s Speech, Sir Keir Starmer’s new Government confirmed that Great British Energy will develop, own and operate energy projects such as wind farms, using public money as an anchor for …

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Three groups are suing New Jersey to block an offshore wind farm
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Three groups are suing New Jersey to block an offshore wind farm

Associated Press  

LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Three anti-wind power groups are suing New Jersey to overturn a key environmental approval for a wind energy farm planned off the coast of Long Beach Island. Save Long Beach Island, Defend Brigantine Beach and Protect Our Coast NJ filed suit in appellate court on April 26 challenging a determination by the New Jersey Department …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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What’s slowing down America’s clean energy transition? It’s not the cost
9 months, 2 weeks ago

What’s slowing down America’s clean energy transition? It’s not the cost

Al Jazeera  

For the first time, clean energy in the United States is at the same price as energy from burning fossil fuels thanks to policy measures, including President Joe Biden’s signature climate legislation, the Inflation Reduction Act. “Delays from litigation alone can kill a project,” noted Matthew Eisenson, the report’s author and senior fellow at the Renewable Energy Legal Defense Initiative …

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U.S. sets plans to protect endangered whales near offshore wind farms; firms swap wind leases
10 months, 4 weeks ago

U.S. sets plans to protect endangered whales near offshore wind farms; firms swap wind leases

Associated Press  

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Two federal environmental agencies issued plans Thursday to better protect endangered whales amid offshore wind farm development. The agencies said they are trying to find ways to better protect the whales amid a surge of offshore wind farm projects, particularly on the U.S. East Coast. It also calls for avoiding the granting of offshore wind leases …

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Budget may announce viability gap funding for offshore wind projects
11 months, 1 week ago

Budget may announce viability gap funding for offshore wind projects

Live Mint  

New Delhi: In a move that could significantly boost India's offshore wind energy sector, the Union Budget for fiscal year 2024-2025 is expected to propose a viability gap funding scheme with an outlay of ₹6,000 crore. The Centre had notified the ‘National Offshore Wind Energy Policy’ in October 2015, but projects under this failed to take off given the high …

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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 …

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New York selects 3 offshore wind projects as it transitions to renewable energy
1 year, 2 months ago

New York selects 3 offshore wind projects as it transitions to renewable energy

Associated Press  

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York will invest in three offshore wind projects as the state tries to meet its ambitious timetable to transition to renewable energy sources, Gov. The Democratic governor announced the conditional awards as high development costs affect other offshore wind projects for New York and around the globe. State law sets goals for 70% of New York’s …

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Offshore wind projects need federal help to get built, six governors tell Biden
1 year, 3 months ago

Offshore wind projects need federal help to get built, six governors tell Biden

Associated Press  

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Offshore wind projects need more federal funding and planning assistance to ensure they get built, the Democratic governors of six northeastern states told the Biden administration, warning that a cornerstone of the climate change fight could be in jeopardy. President Joe Biden can take three steps — on tax credits, revenue sharing and permits — to …

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New energy projects resolving South Africa's power woes
1 year, 4 months ago

New energy projects resolving South Africa's power woes

China Daily  

Students wait for medical checkup at a school in De Aar town, on Aug 10. YESHIEL PANCHIA/XINHUA South Africa is seeking affordable solar panels, wind turbines, battery storage and renewables technology from China, its electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa was quoted as saying by Reuters in June on the sidelines of a South Africa-China energy conference. Many Chinese companies have become …

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Octopus Energy to invest £15.5bn in offshore wind projects by 2030
1 year, 5 months ago

Octopus Energy to invest £15.5bn in offshore wind projects by 2030

The Independent  

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California’s race against time to build power lines
1 year, 8 months ago

California’s race against time to build power lines

LA Times  

This story originally published in Boiling Point, a weekly newsletter about climate change and the environment. Those new and upgraded power lines would be paid for largely by customers of the state’s major monopoly utility companies: Southern California Edison, Pacific Gas & Electric and San Diego Gas & Electric. First, he said, the system operator reached a new agreement in …

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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

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 …

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NJ uses new law to bypass local OK for offshore wind project
1 year, 10 months ago

NJ uses new law to bypass local OK for offshore wind project

Associated Press  

OCEAN CITY, N.J. — New Jersey utility regulators used a controversial law Friday enabling them to bypass local authorities and grant approvals needed for an offshore wind project to proceed. The state Board of Public Utilities granted Orsted, the Danish wind energy developer, approvals toward several easements and permits that authorities in Cape May County had refused to grant the …

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What’s killing whales off the Northeast coast? It’s not wind farm projects, experts say
1 year, 11 months ago

What’s killing whales off the Northeast coast? It’s not wind farm projects, experts say

CNN  

CNN — A spate of nine whale deaths in New York and New Jersey in the last two months have prompted several New Jersey GOP lawmakers to question whether the deaths were linked to development of a major proposed offshore wind farm in the area. Fox News host Tucker Carlson went further, blaming the wind project for the death of …

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