Offshore wind power comes with some big benefits. It’s not as cheap upfront as solar power or onshore wind power, but it also comes with some strong benefits. I recently sat down with Susan Muller, a Senior Energy Analyst with the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), to talk about some … [continued]
The US offshore wind industry is still showing signs of life with the arrival of Thliaf, a gigantic semi-submersible crane vessel that is gearing up to help build the 810-megawatt Empire Wind project off the coast of Long Island.
The Swedish startup SeaTwirl is on track to scale up its vertical axis floating offshore wind turbine for a demonstration funded by the EU agency Horizon Europe.
Work has restarted on New York State’s Empire Wind offshore wind project while the high profile Constitution gas pipeline proposal remains mothballed, for now.
California-based Aikido announces site agreement with METCentre in Norway for a 15MW demo project SAN FRANCISCO — Aikido Technologies, Inc. (Aikido), a floating offshore wind technology provider, announced this week that it has signed an agreement with Marin Energy Test Centre (METCentre) in Haugesund, Norway, to deploy a first-of-its-kind 15MW … [continued]
The Empire Wind offshore wind farm is back on track, saving thousands of US jobs both onshore and off, in red and blue states alike.
European ports face an increasingly urgent mandate to reduce carbon emissions across their landside and waterside operations, driven not only by climate policies but also by local air quality concerns. The scale of the challenge is enormous yet manageable, provided clear strategies and timelines are established. My perspective is straightforward. … [continued]
Seventeen states and the District of Columbia have sued the federal government, alleging an executive order signed by the so-called president that mandated a halt to all wind energy projects both onshore and offshore is illegal, nonsensical, and contrary to other executive orders. New York Attorney General Letitia James is … [continued]
The Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project has been spared from the Trump chopping block for now, and offshore stakeholders are already anticipating an industry-wide comeback.
Quick question: What does the Empire Wind offshore wind project have in common with the Penn Station Reconstruction Project? Wrong answers only.
