Offshore wind leader Ørsted to open Atlantic City office
APRIL 4, 2018 — New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy today that Ørsted will open an office in in Atlantic City next month. Danish based Ørsted, which changed its name from DONG Energy
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Northern California could be home to first U.S. floating wind farm
APRIL 4, 2018 — California’s Redwood Coast Energy Authority RCEA) has selected a consortium of companies — Principle Power Inc., EDPR Offshore North America LLC, Aker Solutions Inc., H. T. Harvey &
Powerful wind alliance: SEACOR Marine, Fred. Olsen Windcarrier
MARCH 30, 2018 — In a move that signals the growing opportunities in the nascent U.S. offshore wind energy, a subsidiary of SEACOR Marine Holdings, Galliano, LA, will team up with Norway’s
BOEM moves ahead on Vineyard Wind EIS
MARCH 29, 2018 — The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today announced a Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Construction and Operations Plan (COP)
Deepwater Wind to build turbine bases, crew boats in Massachusetts
MARCH 28, 2018 — Deepwater Wind is to assemble the wind turbine foundations for its Revolution Wind project in Massachusetts and it has identified three cities – New Bedford, Fall River and
GE to develop world’s largest offshore wind turbine
MARCH 1, 2018 — GE Renewable Energy (NYSE:GE) today unveiled its plan to develop the largest, most powerful offshore wind turbine yet: the Haliade-X. Featuring a 12 MW direct drive generator and
Governor Murphy moves to get NJ offshore wind back on track
FEBRUARY 1, 2018 — New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy yesterday signed an Executive Order directing the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities to fully implement the Offshore Wind Economic Development Act (OWEDA)
Vigor to build pioneering wave energy converter buoy
JANUARY 31, 2018 — Irish company Ocean Energy said today that its pioneering OE Buoy wave energy convertor will be built by Oregon-based Vigor and deployed at the U.S. Navy’s Wave Energy
New York unveils Offshore Wind Master Plan
JANUARY 31, 2018 — New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has now released the comprehensive New York State Offshore Wind Master Plan, which will guide the development of 2.4 gigawatts of offshore
DOE announces $18.5 million in offshore wind R&D funding
DECEMBER 13, 2017 — U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry has announced $18.5 million in new Department of Energy (DOE) funding for an offshore wind research and development (R&D) consortium that will