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  • Massachusetts Postpones Round 5 Offshore Wind Solicitation

    11 August 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) does not expect the Round 5 Request for Proposals (RFP) for offshore wind to be issued until next year, at the earliest, due to uncertainty at the federal level. In a letter to the state’s Department of Public Utilities (DPU), dated 7 August, DOER noted that it is required […]

  • GE Vernova to Pay Nantucket USD 10.5 Million for Losses Caused by Blade Debris

    14 July 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    The Town and County of Nantucket in Massachusetts and GE Vernova have reached a settlement agreement worth USD 10.5 million (approximately EUR 9 million), which the wind turbine OEM will pay to compensate the Town and local businesses for losses resulting from the failure of a turbine blade on the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind […]

  • Lawsuit Filed to Stop Avangrid’s New England Offshore Wind Projects

    29 May 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    Several fishing and environmental groups in the US have filed a suit in federal court saying that the Departments of Interior and Commerce and their sub-agencies violated the law when they approved the Record of Decision (ROD) for Avangrid’s New England Wind 1 and 2 offshore wind farms. A consortium comprising ACK for Whales, environmental […]

  • Aircraft Detection Lighting System Now Active on All Installed Vineyard Wind Turbines

    5 August 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The developers of the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm in the US have completed the integration of all installed GE Haliade-X 13 MW turbines into its Aircraft Detection Lighting System (ADLS). The system activates the FAA-required lighting only when planes are within a specified distance of wind turbines. Vineyard Wind is the first offshore […]

  • JERA Nex BP to Withdraw from US Offshore Market, Halts Beacon Wind Investment

    21 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    JERA Nex BP, a joint venture between JERA and BP, has decided to reduce its activities in the US to a minimal level and will close its operating activities in the market. As a result of this decision, all team members will leave JERA Nex BP in the coming months, according to the company, which […]

  • US Federal Judge to Allow Multi-State Lawsuit Against Offshore Wind Halt to Proceed

    19 June 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    A US federal judge in Massachusetts has tentatively accepted the lawsuit filed by 18 state attorneys general challenging the presidential memorandum issued on 20 January that halts leasing and permitting for wind energy projects, and calls for reviews of existing permits. The case is, however, likely to move forward only against the Department of the Interior […]

  • 18-State Coalition Sues Trump Administration Over Block on Wind Energy Projects

    6 May 2025
    Authorities, Industry, Planning & Permitting

    A coalition of 18 state attorneys general has filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s directive to stop federal approvals for both onshore and offshore wind energy developments, warning that the policy could seriously damage the wind industry and hinder progress on renewable energy. The coalition alleges that the administration’s directive and federal agencies’ subsequent […]

  • ‘Targeted Attack’ | US DOI Plans to Revoke More Permits; White House Seeking to Engage Health and Human Services Department?

    5 September 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Industry, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    In a matter of months, the US offshore wind industry went from a growing investor and employer to an industry that is now undergoing what Oceantic Network called a “targeted attack” after reports emerged that the US Department of the Interior (DOI) plans to revoke federal permits for two more projects. The Trump administration has […]

  • US Transportation Dept Cancels Funding for 12 Offshore Wind Port Projects to ‘Invest in Real Infrastructure’

    1 September 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) has withdrawn or terminated funding for twelve offshore wind-related port projects, totalling USD 679 million (approximately EUR 580 million). These funds will be used, where possible, “to invest in real infrastructure, restoring American maritime dominance,” according to a press release issued by USDOT on 29 August. In this article: […]

  • Trump Administration Moves to Vacate Federal Approval for Maryland Offshore Wind Project

    15 September 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    [NOTE: Article updated on 16 September with a statement from US Wind and to specify project capacity as 1.7 GW.] The US Department of the Interior (DOI) has filed a motion in the US District Court in Maryland to remand and/or vacate its approval of the Construction and Operations Plan (COP) for US Wind’s 1.7 […]

  • Signing of Massachusetts Offshore Wind Power Contracts Delayed Again

    2 April 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    The signing of contracts with the selected winners in Massachusetts’ fourth offshore wind solicitation has been delayed once more, now expected to take place on or before 30 June. In September 2024, Massachusetts selected 1,087 MW of the multi-state 1,287 MW SouthCoast Wind project, with Rhode Island Energy awarding the remaining 200 MW. Massachusetts also selected Avangrid’s 791 MW […]

  • US Town Appeals BOEM Approval of SouthCoast Wind Project

    2 April 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    The town and county of Nantucket, Massachusetts, have filed an appeal in the US District Court for the District of Columbia against the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) over its approval of the 2.4 GW SouthCoast Wind offshore wind project. Nantucket alleges that BOEM violated the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) and the […]

  • Lightning Strike Zaps Damaged Vineyard Wind 1 Turbine

    4 March 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    On 27 February, a turbine at the Vineyard Wind offshore wind project was struck by lightning. The GE Vernova Haliade-X 13 MW turbine had previously experienced a blade failure in July 2024. In July 2024, a blade from one of the GE Vernova’s Haliade-X turbines detached, which resulted in debris washing up on beaches on […]

  • BP Withdraws Beacon Wind Transmission Application

    21 February 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    BP has withdrawn the application for the transmission system that would connect its Beacon Wind offshore wind project, planned to be built off New York, to the grid on land. The application, submitted in 2022, concerns the transmission infrastructure that was planned to run from the boundary of New York State territorial waters to a […]

  • Massachusetts Offshore Wind Contract Signing Pushed Back Again

    20 January 2025
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    The signing of contracts with projects selected in Massachusetts’ fourth offshore wind solicitation has been delayed once more, with the new expected date being on or before 31 March. The execution of contracts, which had already been delayed to 15 January, is further postponed as the Electric Distribution Companies have filed a letter with the […]

  • Prysmian Drops Plan to Build USD 200 Million Offshore Wind Cable Factory in Massachusetts

    24 January 2025
    Business & Finance, Cables, Grid Connection, Manufacturing, Project Updates, Supply Chain

    Prysmian has informed local authorities in Somerset, Massachusetts, about the company’s decision not to move forward with the factory for offshore wind power cables that was planned to be built at Brayton Point on a site that previously housed a coal-fired power plant which was shut down in 2017. According to Prysmian, its entire multi-billion-euro […]

  • Ocean Winds Receives Final BOEM Approval for 2.4 GW SouthCoast Wind

    18 January 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has approved the Construction and Operations Plan (COP) for the SouthCoast Wind offshore wind project. This is the final approval needed for the project from BOEM following the Record of Decision (ROD) from the Department of the Interior (DOI) in December 2024, the federal agency said on […]

  • CIP Withdraws Offshore Wind Project Selected in Massachusetts as Capacity Not Secured for Connecticut Part

    27 December 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Vineyard Offshore, the US offshore wind development company owned by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), has withdrawn the 800 MW of offshore wind capacity selected earlier this year in Massachusetts as the 400 MW part of the 1.2 GW Vineyard Wind 2 project was not selected in Connecticut. As reported in September, the 1,260 MW Vineyard […]

  • US Offshore Wind Supply Chain Spans 40 States, Report Says

    20 January 2025
    Business & Finance, Business development, Industry, Manufacturing, Supply Chain

    According to a report released earlier this month, the US offshore wind supply chain spans 40 states as of December 2024, with 1,932 supplier contracts signed for offshore wind and offshore wind-related projects. The report, Offshore Energy at Work, issued by the US offshore renewable energy industry organisation, Oceantic Network on 15 January, shows that […]

  • UPDATED: Trump Preparing Executive Order to Stop Offshore Wind Buildout on US East Coast, US Congressman Claims

    15 January 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    NOTE: This article was updated on 15 January at 21:50 CET following information offshoreWIND.biz received, attributing the drafting of the executive order halting offshore wind activities on the US East Coast to Congressman Jefferson Van Drew instead of the US President-elect Donald Trump himself. The article was further amended to state that lease, rather than […]

  • US Gives Green Light to Eleventh Offshore Wind Project

    23 December 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has approved the SouthCoast Wind Project, which could generate up to 2.4 GW of offshore wind energy for Massachusetts and Rhode Island. With the approval, the Department of Interior (DOI) and BOEM have approved over 19 GW of clean energy from offshore wind projects, enough to power […]

  • Connecticut Takes a Pass on Offshore Wind in Latest Auction

    23 December 2024
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    The US state of Connecticut has decided not to purchase any capacity from offshore wind projects in its most recent renewable energy procurement round. In its latest renewable energy procurement round, the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) selected projects totalling 518 MW of new solar generation and 200 MW of new electric […]

  • New Massachusetts Bill Extends Offshore Wind Contracts to 30 Years, Heads to Governor’s Desk

    18 November 2024
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    The Massachusetts State Legislature has passed a clean energy bill aimed at strengthening future offshore wind contracts. Among other provisions, the bill would allow the state to negotiate contracts of up to 30 years, extending the current 20-year limit. According to Massachusetts State Senator Karen E. Spilka, the legislation allows future offshore wind contracts to be […]

  • Massachusetts Settles on 1600MW Offshore Wind Target by 2027

    1 August 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment

    The Massachusetts State Legislature on 1 August voted on and passed an energy bill which includes a requirement that utilities enter into long-term contract for 1,600MW of offshore wind power not later than 30 June, 2027. The Bill H.4568, An Act to Promote Energy Diversity will now go to the Governor of Massachusetts, Charlie Baker, for his signature. The proposed offshore wind […]

  • Avangrid to Delist from New York Stock Exchange as Iberdrola Completes Full Takeover

    23 December 2024
    Business & Finance

    Iberdrola expects to close the Avangrid transaction today, 23 December, after the Spanish renewable energy company obtained the approval of the New York Public Service Commission to acquire the shares it did not already own in its US subsidiary. Once the transaction closes, Avangrid will become a private company and its shares will cease trading on […]

  • Massachusetts Bankrolls Three Offshore Wind Research Projects

    29 August 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    The State of Massachusetts has set aside USD 700,000 to advance three studies relating to offshore wind development. The funds will be allocated to nine academic and research institutions across Massachusetts and it will support offshore wind research projects to identify industry workforce training and safety requirements; establish a multi-university partnership focused on innovation and driving down costs; and develop […]