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
On 11 August, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed the H5060 bill (An Act driving clean energy and offshore wind) into law, thus enacting what is deemed to be the state’s most comprehensive legislation on moving toward its net-zero goal. The Act, passed by the State Senate on 31 July, sets a
The California Energy Commission (CEC) has adopted the recently announced increased offshore wind targets for the state, which were raised after Governor Gavin Newsom called for the state’s offshore wind target for 2045 to be raised to at least 20 GW. As reported earlier this month, the CEC updated
In Scotland, majority of people think renewable energy has a significant social and economic value, and strongly approve of offshore wind farms, according to a public perception study commissioned by the Scottish Government. Looking at the renewable energy sector in general, 92 per cent of Scots thi
On 7 August, the US Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, a legislative package resulting from the initially introduced and (re)negotiated Build Back Better Act, which encompasses provisions on climate and energy transition, taxes, and healthcare. The legislation will, among other thing
The Colombian Government, through the Ministry of Mining and Energy and the General Maritime Directorate (DIMAR), has published a resolution with which it sets the country on the path of awarding its first offshore wind permits next year. The resolution defines the competitive process for granting c
The Virginia State Corporation Commission has granted approval to Dominion Energy for its 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project, to be built some 43 kilometres off the coast of Virginia Beach. The developer filed plans for the USD 9.8 billion offshore wind farm with the Virginia State
The Australian government has nominated the Bass Strait off Gippsland, Victoria, as the first offshore wind area to be formally assessed under its new Offshore Electricity Infrastructure framework. A map detailing the declared area off Gippsland has been released for public comment. The government h
The US Department of Commerce has awarded a USD 22.9 million federal grant to the Maryland Department of Labor (Labor) to develop a new apprenticeship model under the Maryland Works for Wind programme to support the region’s growing offshore wind industry. The Maryland Works for Wind scheme will par
The #SignMAClimateBill hashtag on social media has emerged (once again) in Massachusetts over the past several days as the State House-Senate conference returned an amended bill to Governor Charlie Baker for signing, after the Governor sent the previous version of the proposed legislation back to th
The Build Back Better Act, a comprehensive legislative package proposed in the US that also includes funding for governmental bodies to speed up offshore wind permitting and buildout, was introduced in the US Senate on 2 August. The package, which was first proposed to cost USD 3.5 trillion and late
The California Energy Commission (CEC) has expanded the state’s offshore wind planning goals from 3 GW to 2-5 GW by 2030, with an aim to have up to 25 GW installed by 2045. This move comes after California Governor Gavin Newsom called for the increase in the state’s offshore wind target to at least
All 99 contracts offered through the fourth Allocation Round (AR4) of the UK government’s Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme have now been signed and returned to Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC). A total of 93 individual projects across Britain will now proceed to work with LCCC to meet the co
TotalEnergies and Corio Generation, a portfolio company of Macquarie’s Green Investment Group, have submitted a scoping report to the Planning Inspectorate for the 1.5 GW Outer Dowsing wind project offshore the UK. Following the recent approval by the UK Government of the Crown Estate’s Habitats Reg
