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  • Notus Heavy Lift Solutions Opens US Office

    23 April 2018
    Business & Finance

    Notus Heavy Lift Solutions has entered the US offshore wind market with the launch of an office in New York.

  • BOEM Tests New York Bight Waters

    9 April 2018
    Authorities, Operations & Maintenance, R&D

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is publishing a call to obtain nominations from companies interested in commercial offshore wind energy leases within the proposed areas in the New York Bight, US.

  • NOAA Begins Fish Study at New England Offshore Wind Lease Areas

    13 March 2020
    Environment, R&D

    The U.S. NOAA Fisheries has started a study of Atlantic cod and other commercial fish in Southern New England to gather data on the potential impact of offshore wind development on the species. As part of the three-year study, an autonomous underwater glider is surveying areas in and around Cox’s Ledge, including the South Fork […]

  • Rhode Island to Issue 1,200 MW Offshore Wind Call

    4 October 2023
    Authorities, Business development, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    Rhode Island Energy, the largest utility in Rhode Island, will be issuing a new Request for Proposals (RFP) to solicit approximately 1,200 MW of offshore wind, Governor Dan McKee unveiled on 28 September. Rhode Island Energy is expected to issue its RFP this month, with proposals being due in early 2024 and a potential selection being […]

  • New England Taps Into Offshore Wind Power

    18 February 2016
    Business & Finance

    A regional transmission organization ISO New England Inc. (ISO-NE) had ran a capacity auction to procure the resources that will be needed to meet New England’s projected demand in 2019-2020, and purchased 6.8MW of capacity from Deepwater Wind’s Block Island offshore wind farm, among others.  New England’s annual capacity auction concluded on 8 February with sufficient resources to meet the […]

  • USA: Rhode Island Government Welcomes DOI’s Announcement

    5 June 2013
    Authorities

    The U.S. Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Bureau (BOEM) have announced the first-ever competitive lease sale for renewable energy on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The auction, scheduled to take place on July 31, will offer 164,750 acres offshore Rhode Island and Massachusetts for commercial wind energy leasing. […]

  • Inter-Array Cable Laying Work Kicks Off at First Large-Scale US Offshore Wind Farm

    11 September 2023
    Cables, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Cable-laying operations for the inter-array cables are about to begin at the 800 MW Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm in the US. The work, carried by Jan De Nul’s vessel Isaac Newton, will begin with array cable lines five and six. The vessel will remain on-site until early October, said Vineyard Wind, a joint […]

  • Rhode Island Issues 1 GW Offshore Wind Call

    17 October 2022
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Rhode Island Energy, the state’s primary utility company, has issued a request for proposal (RFP) for offshore wind, targeting an additional 600 MW to 1,000 MW of capacity. Offshore wind project proposals by bidders will be due to Rhode Island Energy on 1 February 2023. In July, Governor McKee signed into law clean energy legislation […]

  • Port of New Bedford Seeks USD 15 Million Grant to Prepare for Offshore Wind Projects

    27 October 2017
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    The Port of New Bedford, Massachusetts, has applied for a USD 15 million government grant to make room for an increase in activities, including offshore wind.

  • Wind Energy Cost Could Be Up to 41% Lower by 2050

    14 September 2016
    R&D

    The cost of producing electricity via wind power is expected to fall 24-30 percent by 2030 and 35-41 percent by 2050, according to a new survey which covered three wind power applications: onshore wind, fixed-bottom offshore wind, and floating offshore wind. Cost reductions are anticipated as a function of continued advancements in wind energy technology. The findings […]

  • US Senators Seek Better Fishermen Involvement

    17 December 2018
    Authorities

    U.S. Senators Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren, of Massachusetts, and Sheldon Whitehouse and Jack Reed, of Rhode Island, have called on the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to consider fishermen’s interest earlier in the siting process for offshore wind.

  • Iberdrola Adds Three Irish Projects as Its Offshore Wind Pipeline Tops 30 GW

    5 February 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Iberdrola has agreed to take a majority stake in DP Energy’s 3 GW offshore wind pipeline in Ireland, marking the Spanish energy company’s entry into the Irish offshore wind market. The projects are located in three clusters on the east, west, and south coasts of Ireland, of which some will be eligible for the forthcoming […]

  • Cape Wind Nearing Construction, Appeals Cannot Impact Schedule

    29 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Even though the Cape Wind project, the first proposed offshore wind farm in the U.S., is fully permitted and nearing completion of the project financing phase, its opponents are putting their last efforts into preventing the installation of wind turbines off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.  Opponents of the Cape Wind project have filed a brief with the U.S. […]

  • Cape Wind Fights Back

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

    Cape Wind Associates has filed a court appeal against the Massachusetts Energy Facilities Siting Board’s decision not to extend the company’s permit for two subsea cables that would connect a 468MW offshore wind farm in Nantucket Sound to the mainland. The board decided not to extend the permit by May 2017 based on the developer’s inability to demonstrate that the project will enter construction phase by mid-2017, […]

  • U.S. Ready to Lease Offshore Wind Areas

    26 July 2012
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The United States Government is on the edge of auctioning a total of 2,434 square miles area off the East Coast for development of offshore wind farms. The exact date of the auction is yet unfamiliar, however, it is expected by the end of this year. The biggest area to be leased is the one […]

  • Ed Markey: Secretary Salazar Produced American Clean Energy Including Cape Wind

    18 January 2013
    Authorities

    Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), the top Democrat on the committee that oversees the Interior Department, praised the leadership of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar following his announcement that he will be leaving the department in March. Under Secretary Salazar’s leadership, more renewable energy was permitted on public lands, the iconic Grand Canyon National Park was protected […]

  • Bay State Wind to Build New Bedford Offshore Wind Training Center

    8 May 2018
    Business & Finance, Training & Education

    Bay State Wind has revealed plans to build and operate an offshore wind training center in New Bedford in Massachusetts, US.

  • Prysmian Gets Green Light from Vineyard Wind

    1 October 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Italy’s Prysmian Group has received the Notice to Proceed with the approximately EUR 200 million contract to supply a submarine power cable system for Vineyard Wind 1, America’s first large-scale offshore wind project. Vineyard Wind 1 will consist of an array of 62 wind turbines installed offshore Massachusetts and will generate 800 MW of electricity […]

  • Windar Wraps Up Vineyard Wind 1 TP Delivery

    1 August 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Manufacturing, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Windar Renovables has manufactured and loaded the final batch of transition pieces (TPs) for the 806 MW Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm in the United States. In 2019, Windar Renovables won a contract to manufacture, certify, assemble, inspect, store, and deliver TPs for the offshore wind project, being developed by Vineyard Wind, a joint […]

  • Bladt Industries Begins Expansion Work of Danish Manufacturing Facility

    18 September 2023
    Ports & Logistics

    Bladt Industries has started work on its new manufacturing facility in Denmark to cater offshore wind substation projects in the pipeline. The Danish company said that major excavation work is underway at its site in Aalborg, Denmark. Together with the Port of Aalborg, Bladt Industries is piloting the foundations that will eventually lay the foundation […]

  • CIP Targets More Offshore Wind with New Investment Fund

    22 March 2017
    Business & Finance, Environment

    Danish fund management company Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has initiated the fundraising process for its new fund, Copenhagen Infrastructure III K/S, which has already received commitment of DKK 8.8 billion (around 1.2bn EUR).

  • Cape Wind Project Hits Another Roadblock

    30 March 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Cape Wind Associates might suffer another setback in their efforts to build a 468MW offshore wind farm in Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts, after the state’s energy agency recommended that the company’s permit for two underwater power lines should not be extended for two additional years, according to The Boston Globe. The developer said that the decision reached by the […]

  • US State Floats 10-Year Ban on Offshore Wind

    29 April 2021
    Authorities

    The U.S. State of Maine has introduced legislation to establish a 10-year moratorium on new offshore wind projects located in State waters. Proposed moratorium would preserve State waters for fishing and recreation and prioritize offshore wind in Federal waters farther off the Maine coast, the Governor Janet Mills Administration said. The Federal waters of the […]

  • UK: QinetiQ Works on Marine Platform Development

    4 January 2013

    QinetiQ GRC naval architects in combination with their Paramarine software are working with QED Naval Ltd in the development of a marine platform (Subhub) that can transport, install, anchor and maintain wave and tidal turbines through life. This will bring major cost and time advantages to tidal turbine field installations on the sea bed. QED […]

  • Maine Takes Action on Offshore Wind

    20 June 2019
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The Governor of Maine Janet Mills has signed into law legislation that will bring the contract approval for the Maine Aqua Ventus floating offshore wind project. The LD 994 legislation requires the Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to approve the power purchase contract for the 12MW demonstration wind farm, after delaying the decision on the agreement in January […]

  • USA: Delaware Congressional Delegation Introduces Incentivizing Offshore Wind Power Act

    3 March 2013
    Authorities

    Sens. Tom Carper and Chris Coons and Rep. John Carney (all D-Del.) introduced the Incentivizing Offshore Wind Power Act to provide critical financial incentives for investment in offshore wind energy. This legislation would provide the offshore wind industry with enhanced stability by extending investment tax credits for the first 3,000 Megawatts of offshore wind facilities […]