The January 2024 blackouts that plunged the Visayas into darkness exposed a harsh reality: the Philippines’ economic growth is outpacing its energy infrastructure. When aging coal plants failed and transmission lines couldn’t cope, Panay, Guimaras, and Negros lost power for days. For Iloilo Province, the crisis became a catalyst for … [continued]
On August 29, US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced that 12 portside projects in support of the US offshore wind industry will lose their federal funding.
Work on the Revolution Wind offshore wind project will stop until the US Department of the Interior resolves a mysterious national security concern of one sort or another.
Work on the new Connecticut-Rhode Island Revolution Wind offshore wind project has been stopped by order of the Interior Department, even as a new life is injected into a gas pipleline proposal in the two states.
Wouldn’t you think that a $4 billion wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island that is nearly complete would be safe from Trump administration wrath? With all necessary permits in place, wouldn’t its future seem secure? Nope. Citing “concerns that have arisen” during a review, the US Department of … [continued]
Almost the entire US wind industry went into hibernation after US President Donald Trump took office in January, sending thousands of good paying jobs down the drain. However, the wind will continue to blow long after January 20, 2029, when the current occupant of the White House is scheduled to … [continued]
A new report from the consulting group OpenWater Renewables indicates that concrete can help reduce the cost of floating offshore wind platforms.
The US offshore wind industry is on life support for now, but some global energy firms are still keeping the lights on.
US President Donald Trump doesn’t seek to throttle back on all forms of renewable energy development in the US, just wind and solar energy, with a particularly energetic bias against offshore wind.
Nantucket officials are not happy with Vineyard Wind. Feeling vulnerable after last summer’s turbine blade detachment, they’ve delivered 15 demands to the developer. The complaints include dissatisfaction with turbines’ lights and not including Nantucket in its emergency plans. What we have here is a failure to communicate. Last summer seemed … [continued]
