Rhode Island’s First Woman Governor Breaks Ground On Nation’s First Offshore Wind Farm
How does one break ground on an offshore wind energy project? Rhode Island figured it out, and the tiny state gets the first offshore wind farm n the US.
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Deepwater Wind Acquires Financing For US Offshore Wind Farm
Following the disappointment that was (and is) the Cape Wind project off Cape Cod, many had doomed the American offshore wind industry to deep water, but Deepwater Wind has just announced that it has fully financed the Block Island Wind Farm, set to be developed in Rhode Island. The news … [continued]
Floating Wind Turbines Float Into US Waters (Finally!)
An offshore wind turbine demonstration project at Coos Bay off the Oregon coast has finally put the US on the global floating wind turbine map.The US has been lagging badly while other countries spring ahead with offshore wind farms, but it when it comes to the niche sector of floating wind turbines we’re right up there with the front-runners.
Offshore Wind Advances in Rhode Island, Texas, Georgia
America’s nascent offshore wind industry took several steps forward over the past month with project announcements in Rhode Island, Texas, and Georgia.
Massive Wind Farm Takes Shape Off…Rhode Island?
When it comes to tapping into America’s vast offshore wind power potential along the East Coast, the notorious Cape Wind project has been hogging the spotlight, but creeping up right on its heels — and maybe even passing it in the home stretch — is the Block Island Wind Farm … [continued]
BOEM Announces Third US Offshore Wind Competitive Lease Auction
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has announced it will hold America’s third competitive offshore wind lease auction for 80,000 acres off Maryland’s coast.
Deepwater Wind Wins America’s First Offshore Wind Competitive Lease Sale
Deepwater Wind has won the Interior Department’s first-ever competitive offshore wind lease auction, totaling 164,750 acres near Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
Deepwater’s $3.8 million bid wins it the right to build the Deepwater Wind Energy Center, a 1,000MW utility-scale wind farm with 200 turbines and a regional transmission system linking to New York State and southeastern New England.
Deepwater Wind Files Final Federal, State Permits for Block Island Wind Farm
Said to be “the most thorough study ever conducted of a U.S. offshore wind farm,” Deepwater Wind invested three-years and $7 million in completing the permit applications for the proposed 30-MW Block Island Wind Farm, a project that management sees as a stepping stone on the path toward carrying out much larger projects off the US northeast and mid-Atlantic coast.
Deepwater Wind to Begin Construction on 30-Megawatt U.S. Offshore Wind Farm by 2014
The date is not etched in stone, but Deepwater Wind hopes to build the first U.S. offshore wind farm near Rhode Island, possibly replacing the energy generating capacity of nuclear power plants.
