A GE Haliade-X turbine stands in the Vineyard Wind 1 project area south of Martha’s Vineyard. Photo Credit: Eric Haynes.
Avangrid places 10 turbines into production, making Vineyard Wind 1 largest operating offshore wind farm in United States BOSTON, Massachusetts — Avangrid, Inc. (NYSE: AGR), a leading sustainable energy company and member of the Iberdrola Group, and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), a global leader in green energy investment and in offshore … [continued]
Interior Department continues to build momentum for clean energy future with major permitting progress
The first-ever auction for wind lease tracts off the West Coast concluded Wednesday, pulling down $757 million in winning bids. Government and industry officials touted the impressive bidding as evidence of the growing momentum in the offshore wind sector and for floating offshore wind specifically. While offshore wind developers can … [continued]
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Actions to Expand U.S. Offshore Wind Energy Courtesy of The White House Today, the Biden–Harris Administration is launching coordinated actions to develop new floating offshore wind platforms, an emerging clean energy technology that will help the United States lead on offshore wind. In tandem with … [continued]
The National Offshore Wind Agreement sets industry on a course to build an equitable offshore workforce with family-sustaining careers
BOEM to potentially hold up to seven new offshore lease sales by 2025
Governors Now Face Question: Which State Becomes the Nation’s Offshore Wind Manufacturing Center?
Global installed offshore wind capacity reached 27,064 MW in 2019 — a 19% increase from the previous year.
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]
By Chelsea Drenick At the end of 2012, the European market boasted a cumulative 4,995 MW capacity from 55 offshore wind farms and the United States market boasted a total capacity of zero. As disheartening as that might sound to American renewable energy proponents, it looks like our first offshore wind … [continued]
