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Energy company Orsted is pausing “all development spend” on an offshore wind project in Maryland and may cancel the project entirely. The hiatus was announced by the Danish company’s CEO last month — on the same day Orsted also said it was ceasing development on two offshore wind projects in New Jersey.

The go-ahead has been given. End of October Bernhard Schulte Offshore, the offshore unit of the Schulte Group, celebrated a significant milestone mark...

Breeze Ship Design has recently been awarded a contract with Fujian Mawei for the design of a multipurpose offshore support vessel (MPSV). Our innovat...

The Associated Press sorts fact from fiction when it comes to whales and wind power as the rare North Atlantic right whale's migration season gets underway.

FILE - People work on the substation for the South Fork Wind farm, Dec. 7, 2023, east of Montauk Point, N.Y. Unfounded claims about offshore wind threatening whales have surfaced

Is NJ's Atlantic Shores offshore wind project payments overvalued? A group in Long Beach Island says yes.

The three wind farms will supply enough power for about four million households once built.

The U.S. offshore wind industry is eying a brighter 2024, with work expected to start on several projects following a year marked by stalled developments and billions of dollars in write-offs. The offshore wind industry is expected to play a major role in helping several states and U.S. President Joe Biden meet goals to decarbonize the power grid and combat climate change. But progress slowed in 2023 after offshore developers canceled contracts to sell power in Massachusetts, Connecticut and N...

The lone remaining offshore wind project in New Jersey with preliminary approval is likely to “adversely affect” whales and other marine mammals, but its construction, operation and eventual dismantling will not seriously harm or kill them, a federal scientific agency said.

McGean told the Mayor and Council the town now waits for BOEM to issue a final Environmental Impact Statement and record of decision on the US Wind project. “BOEM has stated they expect to release the record of decision in the mid- to late-third quarter of 2024,” he explained. “Once the record of decision is issued, the city will determine if we wish to accept that decision or file suit against BOEM. We are preparing for either eventuality and will have mor...