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  • Previous Bidders Resubmit New Offshore Wind Proposal in New York

    10 September 2024
    Authorities, Business development, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    Community Offshore Wind and Vineyard Offshore have submitted a proposal to the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to develop the Community Offshore Wind and Excelsior Wind projects, which were cancelled in April this year, in response to the state’s fifth offshore wind solicitation. Community Offshore Wind, a joint venture between RWE […]

  • Sen. Scott Brown Questions Offshore Wind Power Costs (USA)

    17 January 2011

    U.S. Sen. Scott Brown yesterday expressed reservations about a proposal for huge offshore wind farms south of Martha’s Vineyard and… By Jay Fitzgerald (bostonherald) [mappress] Source: bostonherald, January 17, 2011

  • 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.

  • Ocean Researcher to Survey Bay State Wind Area

    16 August 2016
    R&D, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Multi-role vessel Ocean Researcher, part of  Gardline Marine Sciences’ fleet, has arrived at the Marine Commerce Terminal in New Bedford, Massachusetts, ahead of a planned geophysical survey in an area south of Martha’s Vineyard leased by DONG Energy for its Bay State Wind offshore wind farm. The survey is expected to last for 35 days, Bay State Wind said in a […]

  • Obama’s Wind Power Plans Faces Opposition (USA)

    2 January 2011

    The Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound, the group that has fought the Cape Wind project off Martha’s Vineyard, has sounded the first… (projo) [mappress] Source: projo, January 03, 2011

  • Fugro Starts Geotechnical Survey at Bay State Wind Site

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

    RV Fugro Synergy has started a geotechnical survey at the site of DONG Energy’s proposed Bay State Wind offshore wind farm south of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, USA. The survey is expected to be carried out in 15 days, weather permitting. During the survey, bottom conditions in 18 specific locations identified in the previous survey will be tested. […]

  • DONG, Eversource to Develop Bay State Wind Together

    14 December 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy is teaming up with Eversource Energy, a transmission builder from New England who has acquired a 50% ownership interest in Bay State Wind, to jointly develop the project planned off Massachusetts, the United States. The proposed offshore wind farm would be located approximately 15-25 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard in an area that […]

  • Californian County Partners with Floating Wind Lease Holders to Identify Economic and Workforce Benefits

    24 August 2023
    Collaboration, Floating Wind, Industry, Jobs & Recruitment

    The County of Humboldt in California and the two developers that secured floating wind leases in the waters of the county’s coast, RWE and Vineyard Offshore (Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners), signed a Memorandum of Agreement on 22 August, under which they will jointly identify benefits of the floating wind industry to the economy and employment in […]

  • Why the US Offshore Wind Market Is Going to Be Even Bigger than You Think

    8 May 2018

    By Jason Deign, for New Energy Update There is one subject that all commentators on the US offshore wind industry agree on: the sector is going to undergo rapid expansion over the next decade. What does provoke argument is the likely scale of this growth, and the relative importance of the factors that are going to […]

  • WINDCUBE Lidar Starts Collecting Wind Data Off Massachusetts

    24 October 2016
    Environment, R&D, Technology

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), working with AWS Truepower of Albany, New York, has installed a WINDCUBE vertical profiling lidar at WHOI’s Martha’s Vineyard Coastal Observatory (MVCO), located two miles south of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, in the Outer Continental Shelf. Funding for the installation was provided by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) as part […]

  • USA: Leasing Process Major Setback for Offshore Wind Plans

    14 November 2012

    Boston hosted an offshore wind energy public meeting on Tuesday, writes Cape Cod Times. The main topic was deployment of the wind turbines off Massachusetts. According to the officials, area off Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket could be leased by 2013 with the obligation to submit construction and operations plans by 2018, having 20 years more […]

  • “Spin, Baby, Spin” (USA)

    24 December 2010

    With Rhode Island Sound now looming as the next frontier for wind development near the Vineyard, the Ocean State’s Gov. Donald Carcieri summed up his state’s energy policy this month with a single phrase: “Spin, baby, spin!” The governor spoke at Roger Williams University on Dec. 10 at a meeting of the Rhode Island/Massachusetts joint […]

  • Fugro to Start Surveying Bay State Wind Site

    5 October 2016
    R&D, Technology, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Fugro is expected to start a geotechnical survey at the site of DONG Energy’s proposed Bay State Wind offshore wind farm south of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, USA, on Friday, 7 October. RV Fugro Synergy is expected to complete the survey in around 15 days, weather permitting, a notice to fishermen issued by the Bay State Wind said. In […]

  • Martha’s Vineyard residents angry at Obama because of wind turbines (USA)

    18 August 2010
    Authorities

    President Obama is schedule to arrive here on Martha’s Vineyard tomorrow for a ten-day vacation following his weekend dip off the Florida…   by Ira Stoll (futureofcapitalism) [mappress] Source: futureofcapitalism, August 18, 2010;

  • BOEMRE to Hold Public Information Sessions on Offshore Wind Leasing Process (USA)

    15 September 2011

    The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) announced today that it is holding public information sessions about the commercial wind leasing process on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) offshore Rhode Island and Massachusetts. BOEMRE is also gathering input from the public, state, local and tribal leaders, and the fishing industry on environmental […]

  • Martha’s Vineyard Commission Announces Wind Power Meeting (USA)

    24 August 2011
    R&D

    A public meeting to present and discuss the draft of a Wind Energy Plan for Dukes County will be held on Wednesday, August 24, Martha’s… (marthasvineyard) [mappress] Source: marthasvineyard, August 24, 2011

  • New York Bidders File Final Proposals, RWE Plans 2.8 GW Offshore Wind Farm

    21 October 2024
    Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The developers who entered their projects in New York’s fifth solicitation for offshore wind energy have submitted finalised proposals, with RWE and National Grid Ventures’ Community Wind offshore wind farm now proposed to have a generation capacity of up to 2.8 GW and to be built in two phases by 2032. In September, the New […]

  • USA: 10 Developers Interested in Massachusetts Offshore Wind Farms

    4 June 2012
    Authorities

    Massachusetts officials provided a list of the 10 companies that have expressed interest in construction of offshore wind farms in an expanse of federal waters, 14 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard. According to the Associated Press, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) identified the location as perfect for energy generation with the estimated 4GW […]

  • USA: BOEM to Announce Wind Energy Leasing Off RI and MA

    24 February 2012

    The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has stated that an announcement on the “latest milestone in commercial wind energy planning and leasing in the area of mutual interest offshore of Rhode Island and Massachusetts” will be made on Friday afternoon. Two senior officials who will make the announcement are BOEM Deputy Director, Walter Cruickshank, and […]

  • USA: MREC Conducts Second Round of Ocean Technology Testing

    20 July 2012
    R&D

    New milestones in the effort to transform the region into an international hub of ocean-related energy technology research and development were hailed last week at a press conference held by the UMass Dartmouth-based New England Marine Renewable Energy Center (MREC). Several marine energy technology devices were on display at the event, which was held at […]

  • Martha’s Vineyard Offshore Wind Alliance Submits Lease Application to BOEMRE (USA)

    1 May 2011
    Business & Finance

    Vineyard Power (VP), a community-owned energy cooperative based here, signed an agreement and entered into a partnership with OffshoreMW… By Janet Hefler (mvtimes) [mappress] Source: mvtimes, May 01, 2011;

  • USA: MassCEC Announces Studies to Help Facilitate Offshore Wind Projects

    24 December 2013
    R&D

    As part of the Patrick Administration’s efforts to support the development of an offshore wind industry hub in Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) has announced the preliminary results of a multi-year study of marine wildlife and launched an effort to study the logistics of interconnecting offshore wind to the New England power grid. […]

  • Martha’s Vineyard Commission Releases Wind Energy Rules for Public Comment (USA)

    4 August 2011
    Environment, R&D

    The draft Wind Energy Plan for Dukes County, released for public comment last week, looks at the wide range of issues related to wind… By Doug Sederholm and Mark London (mvtimes) [mappress] Source: mvtimes, August 04, 2011

  • Officials to Discuss Massachusetts’ Offshore Wind

    17 June 2014
    Authorities

    On June 23 and 24, the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) and the Clean Energy Center will host officials from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) for two public meeting regarding the commercial offshore renewable wind energy leasing process on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) offshore Massachusetts. The purpose of the meetings is to explain […]

  • Massachusetts Awaits Major Offshore Wind Announcement

    17 June 2014
    Authorities, Environment

    Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick will announce a major milestone for Massachusetts offshore wind energy today. Joining them at the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center wind testing facility will be Walter Cruickshank, Acting Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BEOM). As part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan […]

  • Deval Patrick’s Shift on Turbine Plans Will Not be so Friendly to Power Users (USA)

    21 December 2010
    Authorities

    A broken campaign pledge by Gov. Deval Patrick could end up costing Massachusetts ratepayers big bucks if yet another massive wind farm is built off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard. When he first ran for governor in 2005, the then-relatively unknown Patrick broke out of the Democratic pack by endorsing the controversial Cape Wind project. […]