NREL researchers and crew prepared to deploy three moorings in Cook Inlet, Alaska, in July to collect data for a potential tidal energy site. (Photo By Levi Kilcher / NREL)
Offshore wind makes sense for decarbonizing energy production and building energy security and independence when it comes to ocean renewable energy production in Alaska’s Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), according to an analysis by researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Their new report, “Feasibility Study for Renewable Energy Technologies … [continued]
Updated regulations for the offshore oil and gas industry will strengthen risk management and financial assurance requirements WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior today announced a final rule from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to protect taxpayers from covering costs that should be borne by the oil and … [continued]
The Biden Administration is advancing offshore wind in areas of the Gulf of Maine that pose a lower risk to endangered North Atlantic right whales. The Final Wind Energy Area (WEA) identified for potential offshore wind development in the Gulf of Maine is largely located away from habitats of higher importance to … [continued]
Image (cropped): Offshore wind turbine at Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project, courtesy of Dominion.
Memories of a bad 2023 are already fading from memory as US offshore wind industry picks up the in 2024, with 15.5 gigawatts in sight.
A 35-mile offshore cable connects the dots between offshore wind turbines in Maryland and a soon-to-be former coal power plant in Delaware.
Louisiana pursues a total of three offshore wind opportunities in the Gulf of Mexico to break up the red state — blue state breakdown. Image courtesy of Vestas.
Louisiana pursues a total of three offshore wind opportunities in the Gulf of Mexico to break up the red state – blue state breakdown.
Texas had a shot at two offshore wind energy leases in the Gulf of Mexico totaling 2.4 gigawatts, but came away empty-handed.
New Jersey’s crowded, cluttered coast is the perfect spot for offshore wind turbines, depending on who’s talking.
US floating offshore wind industry peels self off wall, aims for 4.5 gigawatts in capacity off California coast.
Louisiana and Texas are poised to leap from zero to hero in the US offshore wind industry, which is quite a trick considering that wind resources in the Gulf of Mexico are less than optimal.
