New Report: Private Sector Investment in U.S. Offshore Wind Will Soar to $109 Billion by…
Governors Now Face Question: Which State Becomes the Nation’s Offshore Wind Manufacturing Center?
Governors Now Face Question: Which State Becomes the Nation’s Offshore Wind Manufacturing Center?
Departments of the Interior, Defense and the State of California agree to accelerate wind energy offshore the central and northern coasts of California
Courtesy of Union Of Concerned Scientists. By John Rogers, Senior energy analyst The Biden administration’s bold, broad plan for offshore wind released last month attracted a lot of attention — and boatloads of support. Because when it comes to being ambitious on offshore wind, there’s a lot that wind companies, labor unions, … [continued]
Courtesy of Union Of Concerned Scientists. By John Rogers The Biden administration has just set a goal of 30,000 megawatts of US offshore wind by 2030, and that’s got me thinking about the pieces that need to come together to make that possible. And there sure are a lot of them. The good … [continued]
Global installed offshore wind capacity reached 27,064 MW in 2019 — a 19% increase from the previous year.
Offshore Wind Resources Are Abundant: Offshore wind has the potential to deliver large amounts of clean, renewable energy to fulfill the electrical needs of cities along U.S. coastlines. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory estimates that the technical resource potential for U.S. offshore wind is more than 2,000 gigawatts of capacity, or 7,200 terawatt-hours per year of generation.
Offshore wind is at a key juncture right now. And your voice can help take it to the next level.
Offshore wind farms in the Northeast corner of the United States are under consideration by New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey and Maryland, even though the Cape Wind project is now officially dead.
There is a wind farm being planned for Lake Erie called “Icebreaker.” Over 4,500 people in northeast Ohio pledged to purchase electricity from this wind farm, according to Lake Erie Energy Development Corp. (LEEDCo), which is the non-profit organization planning the project. LEEDCo has been collecting the signatures for this pledge effort … [continued]
Large-scale offshore wind energy will soon be a reality in the state of Maryland, thanks to the recent approval of the historic “Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2013.” The bill will earmark $1.7 billion dollars for the development of an offshore wind farm along Maryland’s coast. The wind farm … [continued]