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A past opponent of the failed Cape Wind project is asking a federal court to oversee a similar outcome for Vineyard Wind, the first major offshore wind facility to be approved in the United States. In a lawsuit filed yesterday with the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, Thomas Melone argued that federal regulators failed to consider Vineyard Wind’s impact on other ocean users, endangered species and onshore renewable developers. He asked the court to vacate the environment...

Governors Wind Energy Coalition Unions will help build Vineyard Wind, a win for McCarthy Source: By Benjamin Storrow, E&E News • Posted: Monday, July 19, 2021 Workers fit the first of three blades onto a wind power generator in Germany. The Biden administration is celebrating its approval of the country’s first major offshore wind facility. AP Photo/Joerg Sarbach NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — Gina McCarthy was a midlevel Massachusetts bureaucrat when a developer first propose...

BOSTON  — A Wakefield solar company that is working on projects that pair solar generation with storage systems has absorbed a firm that specializes in battery storage. Agilitas Energy last week announced that it had acquired Boston-based New England Battery Storage, which focuses on utility-scale battery storage. Terms were undisclosed.  Jim Gordon, who previously led the unsuccessful Cape Wind offshore wind project and has since turned his attention to solar power, serves as an adviser t...

The U.S. has fallen way behind Europe partly because of an old shipping law and opposition from homeowners and fishing groups.

Why the Northeast Could Be America’s New Energy Capital Our Climate: A series exploring a world of fear and promise. After decades, offshore wind is finally taking off. Photo: Mischa Keijser/Getty Images/Cultura RF For decades, the strong winds blowing off the Massachusetts coast have beckoned developers with visions of wind turbines for clean, carbon-free energy, but the opposition could be just as fierce. One effort to build a wind farm five m...

Vineyard Wind Blows In America’s first major offshore wind project is a triumph for clean energy and a stark reminder that the U.S. is way behind in combating the climate crisis. Sean D. Elliot/The Day via AP A National Wildlife Federation group takes a boat tour of the Block Island, Rhode Island, Wind Farm, June 2017. This week, the Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) approved an 800-megawatt, $2.8 billion wind energy project in Massachusetts waters south o...

Credit Dennis Schroeder / National Renewable Energy Labs Offshore wind advocates in New Hampshire have high hopes after federal regulators this week approved construction of the Vineyard Wind project in Massachusetts – the largest offshore wind farm yet to reach the construction stage in the U.S. At 800 megawatts in capacity, Vineyard Wind’s 62 turbines will be able to generate as much power as many nuclear reactors. The project’s approval comes after delays under the Trump administration...

Biden administration approves first big U.S. offshore wind farm Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If youre not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/ A wind farm off the shores of Block Island, Rhode Island | AFP-JIJI Bloomberg May 12, 2021 The long-stalled push to build massive wind farms in the Atlantic Ocean along the U.S. East Coast took a crucial step forward Tuesday as the Biden administration approved...

On Tuesday President Joe Biden’s administration moved forward on the largest offshore wind project. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issued the Record of Decision for Vineyard Wind, the nation’s first large-scale offshore wind project. With

The Biden administration announced on Tuesday the approval of a plan to build the first U.S. large-scale offshore wind project. The project, off the coast of the northeastern state of Massachusetts, is designed to generate 800 megawatts of power. A joint statement from the U.S. Interior and Commerce departments said the project, known as Vineyard…