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  • Massachusetts, Nova Scotia Partner on Offshore Wind Development

    6 February 2026
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    The US state of Massachusetts and the Canadian province of Nova Scotia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to deepen cooperation on offshore wind development, seeking to align planning, workforce training, transmission planning and supply chain development across the North Atlantic region. Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey and Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston signed the […]

  • Massachusetts Activates Vineyard Wind Contracts, Locking in 20-Year Pricing

    30 April 2026
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The State of Massachusetts has activated long-term contracts for the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm, securing fixed electricity pricing for 20 years and projected customer savings of USD 1.4 billion (around EUR 1.2 billion) over that period, according to the state government. The contracts, announced on 27 April by the Healey-Driscoll administration, are expected […]

  • Trump Administration Withdraws Appeal, Leaving Wind Energy Leasing and Permitting Freeze Vacated

    16 June 2026
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    The Trump Administration has withdrawn its appeal of a federal court ruling that vacated the section of its January 2025 Presidential Wind Memorandum that halted federal leasing and permitting activities for onshore and offshore wind projects, leaving the court’s decision in place and the wind permitting and leasing freeze overturned. The US Court of Appeals […]

  • Massachusetts Court Rules In Favour of Vineyard Wind, GE Vernova Must Stay on Project

    20 April 2026
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    A Massachusetts Superior Court has granted Vineyard Wind a preliminary injunction preventing GE Vernova from terminating its role in the offshore wind project off Martha’s Vineyard, according to the court filing shared by US media outlets. The decision, issued on 17 April after a hearing on 16 April, halts GE Vernova’s planned termination of the […]

  • Vineyard Wind Takes GE Vernova to Court Over Offshore Wind Contract Dispute – Reports

    13 April 2026
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain, Wind Turbines

    US offshore wind developer Vineyard Wind has filed a lawsuit against GE Vernova seeking to prevent the turbine supplier from terminating its contracts and withdrawing from the Vineyard Wind 1 project off Massachusetts. According to reports by Reuters and Associated Press (AP), the complaint was lodged in a Boston state court, with Vineyard Wind, a […]

  • Court Denies GE Vernova Appeal in Vineyard Wind Case

    4 June 2026
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    A judge at the Suffolk County Superior Court in Massachusetts has denied GE Vernova’s appeal in a case in which Vineyard Wind was recently granted a preliminary injunction that leaves the wind turbine OEM on the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind project until its completion. Earlier this year, Vineyard Wind, a joint venture between Avangrid […]

  • Another French Company In Talks with US Gov’t Over Offshore Wind Buyout

    22 April 2026
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    French utility Engie is in discussions with the Trump administration over a potential refund for its offshore wind project leases in the United States, according to Reuters. The talks follow the company’s decision to pause three offshore wind projects under development and book impairments for its joint venture with EDP Renewables, Ocean Winds, amid challenges […]

  • US Gov’t Reaches Deals to Cancel Two More Offshore Wind Projects and Refund Lease Fees

    28 April 2026
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The US Department of the Interior (DOI) has reached agreements with Bluepoint Wind and Golden State Wind developers to voluntarily terminate their offshore wind leases in exchange for a total of USD 885 million (around EUR 756 million) that they paid in lease fees, which the US will return to the developers to invest in […]

  • OWA Becomes Second US Organisation to Receive IACET Accreditation for Offshore Wind Training Programmes

    12 May 2026
    Industry, Training & Education

    The Offshore Wind Academy (OWA) has received accreditation from the International Accreditors for Continuing Education and Training (IACET), becoming the second organisation in the US offshore wind sector to obtain the certificate. The accreditation allows the Massachusetts-based training provider to offer IACET Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for learning programmes that comply with the ANSI/IACET Continuing […]

  • Court Clears 95-Pct-Complete Vineyard Wind 1 to Resume Construction

    28 January 2026
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Construction work can restart on the 95-per-cent-complete Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm after the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts issued a decision to allow full activities to resume in the Vineyard Wind lease area on the US Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). This is the fourth of the five offshore wind projects […]

  • Trump Administration to Appeal Court Rulings Allowing Offshore Wind Projects to Resume Construction – Report

    12 February 2026
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The US government will fight the federal court decisions to grant preliminary injunctions in cases challenging the stop-work orders for offshore wind projects under construction, issued on 22 December 2025. The injunctions allowed the construction to resume while the underlying lawsuits are underway. The US Secretary of the Interior, Doug Burgum, told Bloomberg Television the […]

  • Construction of Vineyard Wind 1 Completed

    16 March 2026
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    All wind turbines have been installed at the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm, according to US media and Oceantic Network, the country’s offshore renewable energy industry organisation. Located approximately 24 kilometres (15 miles) south of Nantucket, Massachusetts, the 806 MW project features 62 GE Vernova Haliade-X 13 MW wind turbines, each equipped with a […]

  • Ocasio-Cortez, Markey Ask Trump Admin to Explain Paying TotalEnergies USD 1 Billion ‘in Taxpayer Money’ to Drop Offshore Wind Projects

    3 April 2026
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    US lawmakers Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ed Markey have sent a letter to Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum on the plan by the Trump administration to pay nearly USD 1 billion to TotalEnergies to cancel offshore wind projects off the US East Coast, calling on the administration to stop the payment and explain the legal […]

  • Trump Administration Files Appeal Against Court Ruling in Multi-State Offshore Wind Lawsuit

    19 February 2026
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    The US Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, filed a Notice of Appeal on 17 February in the case in which a federal judge ruled in favour of 18 states that sued the Trump administration over the sweeping ban on wind energy projects. In May 2025, seventeen US states and the District of […]

  • Seven US States Sue Trump Administration Over TotalEnergies Offshore Wind Deal

    3 June 2026
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Seven US states, led by New York, have filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s agreement with TotalEnergies to cancel the company’s offshore wind lease off the coast of New York in exchange for reimbursement of the lease payment and commitment to invest in US fossil fuel projects. New York Governor Kathy Hochul and Attorney […]

  • Trump Administration’s Stop-Work Order Hits US Offshore Wind Turbine Manufacturer’s Earnings

    30 January 2026
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Wind Turbines

    The US government’s offshore wind construction pause left a dent in GE Vernova’s numbers for the fourth quarter of 2025, which might get deeper if wind turbine works at the Vineyard Wind 1 site offshore Massachusetts are not completed according to the project’s current schedule. The US wind turbine manufacturer said on 28 January that […]

  • Vineyard Wind Files for Preliminary Injunction in US Court

    16 January 2026
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    All five developers with offshore wind farms under construction in the US are now fighting the suspension order issued by the US Department of the Interior (DOI) in December 2025, as Vineyard Wind, a company owned 50:50 by Avangrid and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), said on 15 January that it filed for a temporary restraining […]

  • ‘One Turbine to Go’ | Stop-Work Order Could Cost Vineyard Wind 1 the Vessel Needed to Install Its Final Turbine

    16 January 2026
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Only one wind turbine is left to be installed at the Vineyard Wind 1 site off Massachusetts, according to the project owner’s complaint filed with the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The 806 MW offshore wind farm was planned to be completed by 31 March and start delivering power at full capacity […]

  • US Judge Overturns Trump’s Ban on Wind Energy Project Permits

    9 December 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Industry, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Planning & Permitting, Supply Chain

    A federal judge has struck down the US President Donald Trump’s indefinite halt of all federal approvals and permitting for new wind energy projects. In a ruling on 8 December, Judge Patti Saris of the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled in favour of 17 US states and the District of Columbia, […]

  • Ocean Winds to Consider Next Steps as US Court Rules BOEM Can Reevaluate SouthCoast Wind Approval

    6 November 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    A US federal judge has ruled in favour of the motion filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) in an ongoing case in Massachusetts, which requested that the case be paused as they will voluntarily remand the approval given to the SouthCoast Wind project earlier, so it could […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Cape Wind Publishes New Report (USA)

    4 November 2011

    Cape Wind produced a new report today entitled, ‘Cape Wind & Massachusetts – Creating Jobs and Providing Clean Power to Massachusetts’. This new report details how Cape Wind can uniquely deliver large scale clean energy benefits to Massachusetts, create jobs and enhance energy security and reliability. Half of Cape Wind’s power has already been sold […]

  • Massachusetts Plans to Complete Second Offshore Wind Procurement by Year-End

    29 March 2019
    Authorities

    The Massachusetts distribution companies have jointly submitted a request for approval of a new request for proposals (RFP) for offshore wind energy generation to the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities. The new RFP was developed by the distribution companies in coordination with the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) and in consultation with the Massachusetts Attorney […]

  • Massachusetts Delegation to Tour Denmark

    7 September 2015
    Authorities

    State Rep. Patricia Haddad is hoping to bring offshore wind industry to Massachusetts. Namely, after accepting an invitation from the Danish Ministry of Energy, Utilities and Climate, Haddad embarked on a four-day trip to Denmark with a group of legislators and industry leaders, writes Wicked Local Somerset. “I am hoping to help create that new […]