Coal, Gas Sink As New York Sails Into Offshore Wind Power Mega-Deal
While New York State signs the biggest offshore wind deal in US history, more signs of trouble loom on the horizon for coal and natural gas power plants.
While New York State signs the biggest offshore wind deal in US history, more signs of trouble loom on the horizon for coal and natural gas power plants.
Global offshore wind leader Ørsted and Eversource, the largest energy provider in New England, have announced this week their intention to build Connecticut’s first offshore wind farm, the 200 megawatt (MW) Constitution Wind project.
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has issued its first approval of an offshore wind Site Assessment Plan to the Bay State Wind offshore wind farm being developed by DONG Energy and Eversource Energy.
Danish offshore wind energy giant DONG Energy has teamed with New England transmission builder Eversource Energy in proposing a massive offshore wind project for US waters which has the potential to be at least 2 GW in size.
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Popular cloud-based software provider for the utility industry Opower has greatly expanded its agreement with Eversource Energy for the delivery of a new suite of demand-side-management and customer-engagement tools, according to a new press release. The new software suite will reportedly include elements of Agile EE, Opower’s next-generation Energy Efficiency … [continued]
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