Page 94 - Offshore Wind News Today

Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut today announced New England’s first offshore wind multi-state coordination

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) and EDF Renewables have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to cooperate in acceleration of the development of offshore

Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut want larger offshore wind projects that can supply more than one state and drive down energy prices.

Earlier this week, another offshore wind developer canceled agreements to sell power to local utilities - this time in Connecticut - because the previously agreed upon prices for that power was too low to cover the rising cost of building the project. The three states will seek multi-state offshore wind proposals for selection in 2024 for up to 6,000 megawatts (MW) of power.

Gov. Ned Lamont was in New London on Wednesday to discuss the future of offshore wind, a new strategic road map for economic development in Connecticut.

In a first-of-its-kind effort in the United States, three Northeastern states have announced they will coordinate their efforts for developing offshor...

In their petitions, the developers said that without price adjustments their offshore wind projects might not be able to move forward, with Ørsted and Eversource saying that without this intervention “it would not be able to obtain a final investment decision (FID) allowing it to fully construct the Project” and the Equinor-BP joint venture noting that price adjustments would “restore the Projects’ ability to attract the capital required for the...

North Channel Wind is pursuing a timeline which would see the wind turbines begin supply to the Northern Ireland grid in 2030

While recent statistics from other countries are in the public domain, the UK’s delay in publishing data has increased speculation that the government might be hiding another sharp increase in cetacean strandings, and it’s fuelling further suspicions of a link between wind farms and the demise of marine life.

The "green freeport" being planned for the Highlands is forecast to bring 16,000 jobs - can it be done before the election?