New York officials have finalized new power purchase deals with developers Equinor and Orsted for respective 810-MW and 924-MW projects, while two land-based support hubs valued at about $1B achieve milestones and New Jersey accelerates its next wind procurement to start in mid-2025.
But project development continues in the state—with builder Skanska gaining a $861M NYC port upgrade contract—and in the US, with federal lease auctions now set for offshore Maine and Oregon as first of 12
through 2028, and NJ announcing it will seek up to 4 GW capacity add.
$3-billion, 882-MW Moray West project, set to finish by early 2025, has signed power deals with tech firms—with Google announcing Feb. 1 a new large wind agreement with Shell and Mitsubishi.
Siemens Gamesa said Portsmouth project would not meet “development milestones,” but sector participants seek new ways to keep land and water development moving forward.
New England state reveals details of fourth round of developer bids—with new terms on cost hikes—while New Jersey launches expanded bid for ocean-to-shore power transmission options and permits first construction of 1.1-GW Orsted project.
New Maryland Gov. Wes Moore touts boost to 8.5 GW in state deployment goal, as developing US clean energy sector aims to move queued projects past permitting, financial, labor and supply chain hurdles.
Pact details not disclosed in dispute over GE Haliade-X offshore wind turbine design, leaving unclear the status of a court-mandated ban on U.S. sales.
