1022 results found for 'Massachusetts'

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  • Ian Bowles Leaves His Function as Massachusetts Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary (USA)

    1 December 2010
    Authorities

    Massachusetts Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Ian Bowles is leaving his post at the end of December to seek out opportunities in…   (necn) [mappress] Source: necn, December 01, 2010

  • Offshore Wind Advances in New England, USA

    23 January 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    At the end of 2012, New England’s first two offshore wind projects, Cape Wind and the Block Island Wind Farm, each moved steps closer to fruition. Maine’s efforts to stimulate an offshore wind industry comprised of floating wind turbines took several key steps forward, while Statoil, developer of the first planned pilot-scale floating project, awaits […]

  • Geophysical Surveys Underway at Cape Wind OWF’s Site

    12 May 2014
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Cape Wind has announced that a team including three companies based in New Bedford, Massachusetts, is involved with completing geophysical surveys of the project site and offshore cable routes. Survey vessels with a suite of geophysical instruments are surveying the seafloor and subsea geology on Horseshoe Shoal and along the offshore cable route. New Bedford […]

  • Fugro Synergy Stays in Massachusetts Offshore Wind Waters

    26 October 2016
    R&D, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Fugro has been awarded a contract by Vineyard Wind, formerly named OffshoreMW, to perform a marine geotechnical site investigation within its wind development lease area south of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. Fugro’s 105-meter drilling vessel M/V Fugro Synergy will perform the study, which will include numerous seabed CPTs and exploration boreholes, along with sampling and downhole CPTs. […]

  • More Vineyard Wind Meetings Shelved Due to US Government Shutdown

    15 January 2019
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will postpone public meetings on its Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Vineyard Wind offshore wind project originally scheduled for 15-17 January. The public meetings were scheduled to take place in Hyannis, Nantucket, and Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. The postponement is due to the government shutdown, BOEM said. The […]

  • Stril Explorer Sets Sail to Beacon Wind OWF Site

    13 August 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    MMT’s DP2 multipurpose support vessel Stril Explorer is on its way to the Beacon Wind project site offshore Massachusetts, where MMT will carry out geophysical survey. In April, Equinor Wind US awarded MMT US with a contract for survey work at its offshore wind lease area off New England. The contract includes high resolution geophysical, benthic […]

  • Prysmian Buys Massachusetts’s Former Coal Power Plant Site to Build Offshore Wind Cable Factory

    18 February 2022
    Business & Finance

    Italy-based subsea power cable supplier, Prysmian, has signed a purchase agreement with Commercial Development Company (CDC) for a site at Brayton Point in Somerset, Massachusetts, which housed a now-closed coal-fired power plant and will soon be home to a USD 200 million offshore wind cable factory. Prysmian said that finalisation of the plans for the […]

  • Vineyard Wind Offshore Wind Project Gets Technical Development Manager

    13 July 2017
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Vineyard Wind, an offshore wind energy developer vying to build the first utility-scale project off the coast of Massachusetts, has hired Jack Arruda to serve as Technical Development Manager for the company.

  • Iberdrola Gets Final Federal Go-Ahead to Build New Offshore Wind Farms in Waters Off Massachusetts

    2 July 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Avangrid, a US renewable energy company majority-owned by Spanish Iberdrola, has received the authorisation to build and operate its New England Wind offshore wind farms from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). This is the final approval needed from BOEM for the two projects offshore Massachusetts totalling 2.6 GW, following the federal agency’s Record […]

  • Massachusetts to Track Whales and Other Wildlife in Search for Offshore Wind Farm Location (USA)

    24 February 2011
    Environment

    Massachusetts is looking for help tracking whales, sea turtles and other marine wildlife as it weighs the best location for off-shore wind…   (bostonherald) [mappress] Source: bostonherald, February 24, 2011

  • Charles Baker said he will fight Cape Wind (USA)

    21 September 2010
    Authorities

    Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate Charles Baker said that if he is elected he will fight Cape Wind with “whatever means I have,” the…   (offshorewindwire) [mappress] Source: offshorewindwire, September 21, 2010;

  • NStar signs deals to buy electricity from three Western Massachusetts wind farms but not Cape Wind (USA)

    12 July 2010
    Business & Finance

    The utility company NStar has made deals to buy electricity from three Western Massachusetts wind farms — but not Cape Wind, a controversial… [mappress] Source: boston, July 12, 2010;

  • 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 […]

  • Offshore Surveys Starting at Shell & Ocean Winds’ Lease Area Off Massachusetts

    13 April 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    Furgo, using its vessel Fugro Explorer, will perform a geotechnical survey campaign at the SouthCoast Wind lease area offshore Massachusetts, formerly known as Mayflower Wind, where the joint venture between Shell and Ocean Winds plans to install up to 2.4 GW of offshore wind capacity. A geophysical site investigation is also scheduled to start soon. […]

  • Bay State Wind Becomes First US Offshore Wind Project to Secure FAST-41 Status

    15 March 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Bay State Wind, a proposed 400-800MW offshore wind project off Massachusetts, has been designated as a covered project under Title 41 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST-41).

  • Cape Wind Trying to Include Power Purchase in NStar and Northeast Utilities Merger (USA)

    4 October 2011
    Business & Finance

    Cape Wind Associates, the company behind the 130-turbine wind farm to be built in Nantucket Sound, are urging Massachusetts regulators… By Erin Ailworth (boston) [mappress] Source: boston, October 04, 2011

  • US Lawmakers Call For Prompt Vineyard Wind Decision

    20 August 2019
    Authorities

    A group of U.S. senators and representatives are calling on federal agencies to move ahead with the Vineyard Wind offshore wind project in Massachusetts, after the delay of its Federal Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS). Massachusetts Senators Edward J. Markey and Elizabeth Warren, Senators of Louisiana Bill Cassidy and John Kennedy, as well as Louisiana Congressman Steve Scalise and Massachusetts […]

  • SIOW: Massachusetts Can Make Offshore Wind Competitive by Thinking Big

    15 March 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D

    Commitment by Massachusetts to develop offshore wind energy at a scale of 2,000 MW, combined with ongoing technology and industry advances, will lower previously projected costs for the clean energy source by as much as 55 percent in the next decade, according to a new study by the University of Delaware’s Special Initiative on Offshore Wind (SIOW). […]

  • Massachusetts Utility Won’t be Buying Power From Cape Wind (USA)

    23 February 2011

    The second-largest utility in Massachusetts has agreed to buy electricity from three wind power companies to help it meet renewable power… (canadianbusiness) [mappress] Source: canadianbusiness , February 23, 2011;

  • Plans to Develop Ocean-Based Renewable Energy Industry in USA Moving Forward

    26 August 2011
    R&D

    Plans to develop an ocean-based renewable energy industry in Massachusetts took some positive steps forward last month with the… By Beth Perdue (southcoasttoday) [mappress] Source: southcoasttoday, August 28, 2011

  • University of Massachusetts Dartmouth to Create Test Site for Renewables (USA)

    28 October 2010
    R&D

    The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth said Wednesday it plans to create a 300-square-mile zone south of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket… By Grant Welker (heraldnews) [mappress] Source: heraldnews, October 28, 2010;

  • Shell and Ocean Winds Joint Venture Seeks to Terminate and Rebid US Offshore Wind Contracts

    6 June 2023
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Industry, Wind Farm Update

    SouthCoast Wind, the developer of an offshore wind lease area off the coast of Massachusetts, has started discussions with this US state’s representatives and utilities to terminate its existing Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) citing ”material and unforeseen supply chain and financing cost increases affecting the whole offshore wind industry.” The SouthCoast Wind, a 2.4 GW […]

  • Offshore Wind Offers Silver Lining During Bomb Cyclones

    30 January 2018
    Environment, Operations & Maintenance, R&D

    Vineyard Wind has released a study showing that its proposed 800MW wind farm offshore Massachusetts, US, would have reduced emissions and saved costs in comparison to other energy sources during the Grayson cyclone had it been installed. The study, prepared by Daymark Energy Advisors, demonstrated that the wind farm would have provided 61 million kilowatt-hours […]

  • Massachusetts Consumers to Pay Higher Electricity Rates Due to Offshore Wind Plans (USA)

    3 January 2011

    Massachusetts electric ratepayers could get jolted by plans to open up huge swaths of federal waters south of Martha’s Vineyard and… By Jay Fitzgerald (bostonherald) [mappress] Source: bostonherald, January 03, 2011

  • Energy Costs Rising Due to Renewables Law (USA)

    10 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    A Massachusetts law requiring utilities to purchase more electricity from renewable energy sources has helped make the state more…  (Associated Press) [mappress] Source: Associated Press, November 10, 2011;

  • Massachusetts plans for wind farm drift closer to Rhode Island (USA)

    24 September 2010
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Wind energy development plans in Massachusetts are drifting away from Martha’s Vineyard and toward an area in federal waters off both the…   By Janet Hefler (mvtimes) [mappress] Source: mvtimes, September 24, 2010;