1022 results found for 'Massachusetts'

1022 results found for 'Massachusetts'
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  • EEW SPC Rolls Out Its Heaviest Monopile, Destined for Vineyard Wind 1

    17 February 2023
    Equipment, Infrastructure

    EEW Special Pipe Constructions (EEW SPC) has produced its heaviest monopile to date which is part of the order for the 800 MW Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm in the USA. The German monopile manufacturer broke its own record, which was set in July 2022, when the company produced a 1,421-tonne monopile destined for […]

  • Iberdrola and CIP Complete US Offshore Wind Rejig

    11 January 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Spanish energy company Iberdrola and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) have restructured their 50/50 offshore wind joint venture partnership in the United States which owns several offshore wind projects with a combined capacity of 5.3 GW. Iberdrola’s Avangrid Renewables has now taken full ownership of the 1,232 MW Commonwealth Wind project which was selected in December […]

  • DONG’s Massachusetts OW Project First in U.S. to Receive Site Assessment Plan Approval

    19 July 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has issued its first approval of an offshore wind Site Assessment Plan (SAP) to Bay State Wind, a utility-scale offshore wind project in Massachusetts located 15 nautical miles south of Martha’s Vineyard in the Atlantic Ocean.

  • VIDEO: IGERT Students Research Floating Offshore Wind Power in Maine

    13 May 2014
    R&D

    IGERT students at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have investigated Maine state policy drivers that have led to Maine Aqua Ventus 1, a proposed 12 mega-watt offshore floating wind power demonstration project located near Monhegan Island, ME. Also, they have examined the public’s attitude and perception toward the project by analyzing public comments submitted the Maine […]

  • Windar Renovables Upends First Vineyard Wind Transition Piece

    13 February 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    Windar Renovables has announced that the first transition piece has been upended for the 800 MW Vineyard Wind I offshore wind farm in the United States. First of a total of 62 transition pieces to be manufactured by Windar Renovables has been already upended in the Port of Avilés in Spain. In 2019, Windar Renovables […]

  • Vineyard Wind 1 Becomes Largest Operating Offshore Wind Farm in the US

    26 June 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Vineyard Wind 1 project is now delivering more than 136 MW to the electric grid in Massachusetts, making it the largest operating offshore wind project in the US. Vineyard Wind 1, the first large-scale offshore wind project in the US, now has ten turbines in operation totalling approximately 136 MW, enough to power 64,000 […]

  • Statoil and PNE Wind Stake US Offshore Wind Claims

    13 March 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has received unsolicited lease requests, filed separately by Statoil and PNE Wind USA, seeking to develop offshore wind energy projects on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).

  • Vineyard Wind 1 Turbine Installation About to Start

    4 August 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    The installation of GE’s Haliade-X 13 MW wind turbines at the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind project site in Massachusetts is expected to start next week, according to WCVB Channel 5 Boston and other US media who reported on updates shared by Avangrid’s project team during a boat tour of the Vineyard Wind site earlier […]

  • Offshore Wind Could Create 36,000 Jobs in Northeast U.S.

    2 November 2017
    Jobs & Recruitment, R&D

    The States of Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island released three reports today, 2 November, setting out the context for offshore wind development in the U.S. Northeast and revealing its potential economic development benefits.

  • USA: National Science Foundation Awards USD 1.97 Million to Massachusetts Research Institutions

    15 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    United States Senator Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Representative and Senator-Elect Edward Markey, and U.S. Representatives James McGovern and William Keating announced the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $1.97 million to Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and Tufts University for research projects in science and engineering. “These awards from the National Science Foundation are […]

  • Semco and Bladt Joint Venture to Provide Mayflower Wind Offshore Substation

    15 January 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    A joint venture of Bladt Industries and Semco Maritime has secured a contract to fabricate and deliver the offshore substation for the Mayflower Wind project off the coast of Massachusetts, U.S. The scope comprises engineering, procurement and construction works, including steel structure and jacket foundation by Bladt, as well as design, procurement and installation of […]

  • Cable Laying Resumes at Vineyard Wind

    10 April 2023
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Prysmian’s cable-laying barge Ulisse has resumed cable-laying operations at the first U.S. large-scale offshore wind project, located off the coast of Massachusetts. According to the project’s latest mariner update, cable laying operations of the mid-section cable for the Vineyard Wind 1 project were set to kick off on or about 9 April and continue through […]

  • Wood Takes Advisor Role on Vineyard Wind

    2 May 2019
    Business & Finance

    Wood has secured a contract for the role of technical advisor on the Vineyard Wind offshore wind project in Massachusetts, the U.S. Under the four-year contract, Wood will act as the lender’s technical advisor on behalf of developer Vineyard Wind LLC, owned by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners and Avangrid Renewables. The company will provide technical advisory services […]

  • Vineyard Wind to Talk Offshore Wind with Locals

    17 January 2018
    Environment, R&D

    Vineyard Wind is hosting the third in a series of community open house meetings for residents to meet with project staff and hear more about the planned 800MW offshore wind farm some 15 miles from Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts, US.

  • Avangrid Signs Second Multi-Million Community Benefit Package with Town Of Barnstable

    23 May 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Avangrid Renewables, a subsidiary of Spain’s Iberdrola, has entered into a Host Community Agreement (HCA) with the Town of Barnstable for the 804 MW Park City Wind offshore wind farm in the US. Under the agreement, Avangrid Renewables will pay the town USD 16 million (approximately EUR 15 million) as a host community fee, above […]

  • Vineyard Wind to Seek Superseding Order from MassDEP

    15 July 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    US offshore wind developer Vineyard Wind will request a superseding order from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) to overturn denial of the project’s application before the Edgartown Conservation Commission. As reported earlier, the Edgartown Conservation Commission denied the permit for cables that would connect the first large-scale US offshore wind farm to the grid in […]

  • Geotechnical Surveys to Begin at Vineyard Wind Site

    15 May 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Geoquip Marine is set to begin geotechnical survey operations in the northern portion of the Vineyard Wind Lease Area around 20 May. The geotechnical data acquisition company will be conducting surveys from its vessel Geoquip Saentis for four to six weeks. Geoquip Marine Group carried out geotechnical surveys for Vineyard Wind LLC in 2018 with its geotechnical […]

  • NOWI Inks MoU with OPITO to Support US Offshore Wind Market

    3 May 2022
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment

    UK-headquartered OPITO and National Offshore Wind Institute (NOWI), based at Bristol Community College in Massachusetts, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which could support thousands of new jobs in the growing US offshore wind market. Under the MoU signed at the IPF conference in New Jersey, the two companies agreed to cooperate to optimise […]

  • Vineyard Wind and Greentown Labs Pick Offshore Wind Challenge Participants

    13 August 2020
    R&D

    Vineyard Wind and Greentown Labs have selected three startups for the Offshore Wind Challenge focused on accelerating technologies that protect marine life. The startups will focus on innovations in marine mammal monitoring through data collection, real-time transmission, and analysis, which is expected to support the development of the offshore wind industry in Massachusetts and beyond. After […]

  • Subsea Surveys Underway at 804 MW Wind Farm Site Offshore Massachusetts

    20 July 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    A new set of surveys is now underway at the Mayflower Wind site offshore Massachusetts, where a joint venture of Shell New Energies US and EDPR Offshore North America plans to build an 804 MW offshore wind farm. As part of a geophysical and geotechnical (G&G) survey campaign which started with geophysical investigations in April, […]

  • TerraSond Wraps Up Surveys at Mayflower Wind

    23 October 2019
    R&D

    TerraSond has completed a geophysical survey at the Mayflower Wind offshore wind project in Massachusetts, U.S. In the two-month campaign, the Acteon company surveyed the site located 20 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard that is said to have a capacity to support up to 1,600MW of offshore wind. TerraSond said it acquired high-resolution geophysical data using […]

  • USA: Cape Wind Faces New Foe

    11 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    Cape Wind has been faced with a new foe. Namely, a newly formed group called the New England Ratepayers Association has written to the United States Department of Energy to disapprove Cape Wind’s USD 300 million loan guarantee which will, as NERA believes, stop Cape Wind development, writes the Union Leader. In his letter, Marc […]

  • SMAST Invites Fisheries to Assess Offshore Wind Impacts

    7 November 2018
    R&D

    The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth’s School for Marine Science and Technology (SMAST) is hosting four workshops with the fishing industry to identify priorities for the assessment of impacts offshore wind has on fisheries and ecological conditions.

  • Dutch Want In On US Offshore Wind Action

    21 November 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Training & Education

    The Holland Home of Wind Energy plans a new visit to Massachusetts in order to secure their part in the development of this US state’s offshore wind potential after their most recent visit reportedly demonstrated that ”offshore wind is about to take off in the US, and Dutch companies could play a role in this sector.” Back […]

  • New Jersey Steps Into Patent Dispute Between GE and Siemens Gamesa

    17 August 2022
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    The US State of New Jersey has argued that its residents will be ”irreparably harmed” if the 1.1 GW Ocean Wind offshore wind project is not exempt from a permanent injunction against the use of GE Haliade-X wind turbines on offshore wind projects in the USA sought by Siemens Gamesa. Back in June, a jury […]

  • Shell Exits US Offshore Wind Project, Sells Stake to Ocean Winds

    21 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Shell New Energies, a subsidiary of Shell, has sold its 50 per cent equity share in SouthCoast Wind Energy, established in 2018 to develop wind projects off the coast of Massachusetts, to its joint venture partner Ocean Winds North America for an undisclosed sum. According to Shell, the deal with Ocean Winds was structured to […]