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As Maine is still figuring out where to build a port for its budding offshore wind industry, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced its proposal to auction offshore wind leases in the Gulf of Maine Tuesday. As part of the Biden administration’s efforts to drive more offshore wind development, the Gulf of Maine is […] The post Federal government seeking feedback ahead of Gulf of Maine offshore wind auction appeared first on Maine Morning Star.

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NexGen Energy Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Pure Energy Holdings Corp. (PEHC), announced its intention to build a portfolio of over 2,350 megawatts (MW) over the next 10 years.  The power projects are mostly solar and wind, according to company president Eric Y. Roxas said. He said the cost…

As biologists scramble to explain the recent uptick in whale deaths along the east coast, the real answer might come from another scientific field–psychology.

Dominion Energy is under fire from homeowners in one Virginia Beach neighborhood as residents say all the trees the company has taken down as part of its offshore wind project has put their homes in danger. Right behind John Rooney’s property line in the Pine Ridge neighborhood, Dominion Energy has cleared a 140-foot wide strip of trees to make way for power lines that will carry power from the offshore wind turbines to a substation in Chesapeake.

Just over a year ago, state and corporate executives were heralding what they said could be some 870 high-paying jobs at the Port of Coeymans that would involve assembling offshore wind turbine engines and blades built by GE Vernova and LM Wind Power. But last week, those jobs vanished — at least for now — before they were ever created. That’s because two major offshore wind farms that were going to use the port as a fabrication area canceled their plans.

In the latest setback to U.S. plans to accelerate renewable energy development, New York State regulators today reported they closed the third round of offshore wind solicitation with no final awards. Last fall, New York’s Governor Kathy Hochul had hailed the round as the state’s largest investment in renewable energy, which included the preliminary selection of 4GW of offshore capacity as well as other projects.

Anger is building at the SNP-Green government over delays to approve a huge offshore wind farm project near the Fife coast which could deliver more than 4,000 jobs. The Berwick Bank development in the outer Firth of Forth has not yet been given consent, meaning it missed a key deadline to apply for Westminster funding.

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The Senate Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee discussed a bill that would lay the groundwork for procuring offshore wind energy in Delaware.