With a target of generating 30 GW of offshore wind by 2030, the Biden administration today announced plans to jump start the industry that, among other things, foresees the construction of four
In what Liz Burdock, president and CEO of the Business Network for Offshore Wind calls “the day the U.S. offshore wind industry has been anxiously awaiting for years,” the Department of the
February 2021 As we report in both this month’s Inside Washington and Inland Waterways columns, the Biden Administration has been loud and clear in its affirmation of the Jones Act. Secretary of
Richmond, Va., headquartered Dominion Energy reports that it has reached a major milestone—the keel laying—in the construction of the first Jones Act compliant offshore wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), currently being constructed
Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO), Ørsted and Eversource today announced the execution of a long-term charter agreement for the provision of the first-ever U.S. flagged Jones Act compliant wind farm Service Operations Vessel
The United States has an opportunity to accelerate offshore wind energy growth, and benefit from 28 new gigawatts of clean energy and $1.7 billion in U.S. Treasury revenue by 2022, according to
The Vineyard Wind offshore wind project is moving ahead on two fronts. In Washington, D.C., the ponderous BOEM (Bureau of Offshore Energy Management) regulatory process has taken another step forward with the
Yesterday’s region-wide Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 253 generated $159,386,761 in high bids for 151 tracts covering 835,006 acres in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico. A total of 27 companies
In another indication that the U.S.offshore wind industry is off the starting blocks, the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) yesterday hosted the first meeting of the Global Offshore Wind Regulators
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management reports that today’s oil and gas Lease Sale 252 generated $244,299,344 in high bids for 227 tracts covering 1,261,133.85 acres in federal waters of the Gulf
