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  • U.S. Offshore WIND Act Back on the Table

    12 May 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    U.S. Democratic Senators Edward Markey, Sheldon Whitehouse, and Congressman Jim Langevin have reintroduced legislation that would extend tax credits for the offshore wind industry beyond 2019.

  • Port of New Bedford Nets USD 15.4 Million Expansion Grant

    10 December 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    The Port of New Bedford in Massachusetts has received a USD 15.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation which will be used for expanding and improving the infrastructure.

  • A Wind Farm in Deep Water off the U.S. Coast

    22 December 2010
    Business & Finance

    Deepwater Wind, a company based in Providence, Rhode Island, has drawn up plans for what could be the largest wind farm in U.S. waters, the company announced last week. The proposed farm would generate a huge 1,000 megawatts of power and would be located 18 to 27 miles off the coast of Rhode Island and […]

  • DNV Approves Entrion Wind’s Monopile Concept for 100-Metre Depths

    5 April 2023
    Authorities, Business development, Research & Development, Technology

    DNV has awarded Entrion Wind with a Statement of Feasibility for its fully restrained platform (FRP) offshore wind foundation technology said to extend the operating depth of the monopile technology to up to 100 metres. DNV issued a Statement of Feasibility, affirming that the FRP monopile is considered conceptually feasible and a promising candidate for […]

  • DONG Taps Lloyd’s Register for US Offshore Wind Projects

    18 May 2017
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy has awarded Lloyd’s Register with a second contract to support offshore survey work on DONG’s two projects in the United States – the Bay State Wind and Ocean Wind.

  • Cape Wind Denied Subsea Cable Permit Extension

    7 April 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Cape Wind Associates will not get a two-year extension on its permits for two underwater power lines in Nantucket Sound, the Massachusetts Energy Facilities Siting Board decided on Wednesday. The final decision follows the board’s recommendation that the permits should not be extended by May 2017, as earlier requested by Cape Wind Associates. The board justified the decision by […]

  • Vineyard Wind Seeks USACE Okay

    28 December 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Vineyard Wind is seeking a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) for the construction of its 800MW wind farm offshore Massachusetts.

  • MHI Vestas Starts Building US Offshore Wind Team

    28 November 2018
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has appointed Jason Folsom to its team, marking the company’s first official hire in the U.S. market.

  • Liz Burdock: New Jersey and New York Projects to See Uptick in Strike Price

    23 October 2018
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics

    The next round of offshore wind projects coming from New Jersey and New York will come at a strike price which is higher than that of the 800MW Vineyard Wind project in Massachusetts, mainly due to the local content requirements, Liz Burdock, the President and CEO of the Business Network for Offshore Wind USA, said.

  • Ørsted Finds Land Legs

    9 August 2018
    Business & Finance

    Ørsted has entered into an agreement with global infrastructure investment manager I Squared Capital and management shareholders to acquire a 100% equity interest in Lincoln Clean Energy LLC (LCE), a US-based developer, owner and operator of onshore wind farms.

  • Vineyard Wind Makes Offshore Wind Play in Connecticut

    5 April 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    US offshore wind developer Vineyard Wind LLC has responded to Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection’s (DEEP) request for proposals for offshore wind energy.

  • Siemens Gear for Vineyard Wind Offshore Substation

    25 July 2019
    Grid Connection

    Siemens has secured a contract to provide substation products and digital control and protection equipment for the Vineyard Wind offshore substation. The components, ordered by Semco Maritime, include 18 gas-insulated high-voltage switchgear (GIS) bays, two shunt reactors, two generation-step-up-transformers, and two earthing / auxiliary transformers along with digital control and protection equipment (SCADA). The components will be delivered by Siemens […]

  • USA: Offshore Wind Forging Ahead

    9 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    Offshore wind energy projects off the coasts of Rhode Island and Massachusetts are aiming to start construction next year and bring an energy source familiar in Europe to the U.S. for the first time, company executives said this week in Atlantic City at the industry’s major annual conference. “This is the year it happens,” said […]

  • Highlights of the Month: April 2015

    5 May 2015

    DEME Joins MEG I Crew DEME Concessions has entered into a partnership with Nordsee Offshore MEG I GmbH to co-develop the MEG I offshore wind farm in the German North Sea last Thursday. Siem Offshore Contractors to Deliver Veja Mate’s Inner Array Grid Siem Offshore Contractors GmbH (SOC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Siem Offshore […]

  • OEC Completes First Commercial Project

    28 April 2014
    R&D, Technology

    Orion Energy Centre (OEC) has recently completed a project for one of its first commercial customers, Resolute Marine Energy, Inc. (RME), a US-based wave technology developer with headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts.  OECs facilities and expertise will be used to carry out scale model wave tank testing on RMEs new ‘submerged flap wave energy converter’ – […]

  • BOEM Issues Final SEIS for Cape Wind Energy Project

    7 August 2017
    Authorities, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has released the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Cape Wind Energy Project offshore Massachusetts.

  • BOEM Gathers New York Bight Feedback

    5 September 2018
    Authorities

    The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is hosting three public meetings to discuss the feedback received from the Call for Information and Nominations published in April to obtain information on potential offshore wind energy leasing and development in the New York Bight.

  • US Reinauer Group Launches Offshore Wind Company

    8 May 2018
    Business & Finance

    The New York-based Reinauer Group of Companies has formed Windserve Marine LLC, a new member company established to provide support services to the US offshore wind industry.

  • Report: Offshore Wind Could Create 75000 Jobs on US East Coast

    9 April 2018
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics

    The construction of new offshore wind farms off the US East Coast states could lead to the creation of more than 75,000 clean energy jobs, according to a new report from the Center for American Progress and the New Jersey Work Environment Council (WEC).

  • GE Haliade-X 12MW Blade Arrives in US for Testing

    6 November 2019
    R&D, Technology

    The blade for GE’s Haliade-X 12MW offshore wind turbine has arrived at MassCEC’s Wind Technology Testing Center (WTTC) in Boston, U.S. The 107m long blade will undergo a series of fatigue tests that include moving it millions of times during a few months to validate that it can withstand more than 25 years of operation […]

  • BOEM Further Delays Vineyard Wind EIS Decision

    13 August 2019
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has further delayed the publication of the Federal Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Vineyard Wind offshore wind project in Massachusetts. In July, BOEM announced it is postponing the issuance of the Vineyard Wind FEIS saying it is not yet prepared to do so. Now, BOEM stated in its public […]

  • JDR and Tufts Uni Form Offshore Wind Program

    9 April 2019
    Training & Education

    JDR Cable Systems and the U.S. Tufts University have established a collaboration which includes an education office for students who wish to pursue an offshore wind career. The undergraduate Engineering Cooperative Education Office is dedicated to students who are in their junior and senior year and want to pursue a career in the offshore wind […]

  • US Lawmakers Submit Offshore Wind Jobs and Opportunity Act

    27 March 2018
    Authorities, Training & Education

    Democratic Congress representatives from Massachusetts and Arizona have introduced the Offshore Wind Jobs and Opportunity Act, legislation to educate and train a new generation of US offshore wind workers.

  • Vineyard Wind Selects Offshore Substation Team

    26 June 2019
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Denmark’s Bladt Industries has signed a contract with the US-based Vineyard Wind LLC for fabrication and delivery of an offshore substation for the 800MW Vineyard Wind offshore wind farm. The EPC contract covers the engineering, procurement, and construction of a 3,000-ton offshore substation and a 1,500 ton jacket foundation. Bladt Industries will execute the project in […]

  • USA: MREC Cooperates with NREL on Offshore Renewables R&D

    29 August 2012
    Authorities, R&D

    The New England Marine Renewable Energy Center at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (MREC) announced that it has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The three-year agreement creates a partnership to advance research and development of renewable energy captured from ocean waves, tidal […]

  • California Renewable Energy Task Force Gets to Work

    14 October 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, R&D, Technology

    The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the State of California held the inaugural meeting of the California Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Task Force in Sacramento on 13 October. The inaugural meeting established a common set of themes and objectives the task force will use to guide future collaboration and consultation among its members. The […]