About an hour-and-a-half southwest of Sacramento, hundreds of nearly 20-stories tall windmills line the Montezuma Hills in Solano County. On back roads through these rolling peaks, the windmills' shadows steadily move...
source: CapRadio
The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) will class the first Jones Act compliant wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) that will service the U.S. offshore wind sector.
The 472-foot Charybdis, designed by GustoMSC, is being constructed by Keppel AmFELS at its Brownsville...
source: offshoreWIND.biz
Employment in the oil and gas sector, despite some expected uptick, will never return to its heydays of a few years ago, but offshore wind, however, will be "the new hiring haven for energy jobs," especially in the turbine making segment,...
source: Offshore Engineer
On February 24, the American Clean Power Association (ACP) issued a statement after President Biden signed an executive order on America's supply chain.
"American Clean Power supports the Biden-Harris administration's efforts to further develop the existing strong U.S....
source: ACP
The National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium (NOWRDC) has announced three upcoming webinars....
source: ACP
The New England Fishery Management Council will hold a meeting of its Habitat Joint Committee and Advisory Panel, where they will receive updates and discuss offshore wind-related issues. The meeting will take place on Tuesday March 9 at 9 am. Registration is required and...
source: ACP
The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council will be holding several meetings over the week of March 1 - March 5. During the first session on Monday March 1 from 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm, the Council will receive a presentation from NOAA fisheries on the Kitty Hawk Offshore Wind...
source: ACP
On January 15th, the Department of Energy (DOE) with federal partners, including BOEM, the U.S. FWS, the National Marine Fisheries' Service, and the National Oceanic Partnership Program, announced a $14.5 million Funding Opportunity...
source: ACP
On January 27, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) announced they will host a technical conference on offshore wind transmission to further examine the risks associated with a potential separation of the generation and transmission...
source: ACP
On February 10th, the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) released a Request for Information (RFI) for input related to advancing the utilization of port facilities in Massachusetts for offshore wind.
The RFI is over three...
source: ACP
DEIS includes cumulative impact analysis for offshore wind: On December 30, 2020, NOAA published a proposal to amend the regulations implementing the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan to reduce the incidental mortality and...
source: ACP
The growing U.S. offshore wind industry will offer "a substantial number of opportunities" for the local fishermen and mariners to supplement their income, a study commissioned by the New York State Economic Research and Development...
source: Offshore Engineer
The long-dormant debate about the development of offshore wind energy farms off the coast and their distance from shore bubbled to the surface at this week’s Mayor and Council meeting.
In 2017, the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) approved two offshore wind...
source: The Dispatch
The COVID-19 downturn has once again caused employment rates to plummet in the oil and gas industry. Even though some uptick is expected when the recovery arrives, employment will never return to the glories of just a...
source: AJOT
A recent study headed by a professor of marine affairs at the University of Rhode Island shows that recreational boaters prefer to avoid the five wind turbines that comprise the Block Island wind farm.
Published in the December 2020...
source: The Westerly Sun
