The federal government held its first public meeting Tuesday evening on a plan to erect wind energy turbines off the coast of Ocean City, and even though the proposal has generated controversy in Maryland’s No. 1 tourist town...
source: Maryland Matters
Greek-American shipping and energy tycoon George Logothetis has swept into the US offshore wind market with the takeover of a Florida shipyard that specialises in aluminium and steel work boats.
source: Recharge
Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi (D) is racing to shore up his territory's power grid ahead of the next hurricane. The island has been fortunate to have not suffered another major hurricane in the nearly five years since Hurricane Maria killed nearly 3,000 people and decimated...
source: Politico
The House of Representatives today approved legislation sponsored by Rep. Deborah Ruggiero to substantially increase renewable energy production and supply by requiring that 100 percent of Rhode Island’s electricity by offset by renewable production by 2033.
source: What's Up Newp
The White House is launching a formal partnership with 11 East Coast governors to boost the growing offshore wind industry, a key element of President Joe Biden’s plan for climate change.
source: AP News
Nearly three dozen businesses and institutions pressed lawmakers to hammer out a bold, comprehensive energy bill before the legislative session ends on July 31.
source: Boston Business Journal
US researchers calculate impact of across-the-board learning on cost of wind power development.
source: Windpower Monthly
A coalition of 93 environmental groups, aquariums and outdoor recreation brands is urging the Biden administration to harness the power of the ocean to fight climate change, according to details shared exclusively with The Climate 202.
source: The Washington Post
As leaders gather for the first in-person celebration of Capitol Hill Ocean Week in two years, we have a proposal for how to bridge the chasm between America’s offshore wind energy ambition and current capacity.
source: The Hill
When the world's first offshore wind farm was brought to first power in 1991 off Denmark, few could have predicted the sector would become a main engine of the global energy transition decades later.
source: Recharge
A team of researchers at the University of Colorado (CU) Boulder have taken inspiration from nature to build wind turbines that can survive the strong winds of a hurricane just like palm trees do every season, a university press release said.
source: Interesting Engineering
The Maine Governor's Office has released the Maine Offshore Wind Talent Analysis which provides an analysis of Maine's workforce talent resources and applicability to the 117 occupations in the U.S. offshore wind industry. More information is available here.
source: ACP
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI)-Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold a virtual Convening Workshop on June 28 at 8 a.m....
source: ACP
Last week, the Loan Programs Office (LPO) of DOE announced that it is seeking information to understand how it could improve its Title XVII Innovative Technologies Loan Guarantee Program and implement provisions of the Energy Act of 2020 and the Infrastructure Investment...
source: ACP
BOEM’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the proposed Ocean Wind 1 Offshore Wind Farm analyzes the potential environmental impacts of the proposed action described in Ocean Wind’s project...
source: ACP
