Offshore Wind

World Set to Spend $840B By 2030 To Build Offshore Wind, But New Risk Aired

October 31, 2019

Developer Orsted cuts power forecast, citing new wind strength analysis; experts eye larger turbines and better modeling as long-term fixes.

Clean Energy

Three Teams Vie to Build 2 GW of Connecticut Offshore Wind

Mary B. Powers

October 23, 2019

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Price and other key project details are unavailable on heavily redacted public versions of submitted proposals.

UK Plans Bigger Projects As World's Largest Offshore Wind Farm Finishes

Mary B. Powers

October 16, 2019

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Britain's 1.2-GW Hornsea 1 energy is matching fossil fuel power costs for the first time.

New Offshore Wind R&D Group Awards First Study

Debra K. Rubin

September 11, 2019

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Public-private consortium wants $300K project to weigh floating wind farm technology economics.

Interior Dept. Delays Vineyard Wind Construction Until 2020

Mary B. Powers

September 9, 2019

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Order to now assess cumulative impacts of adjacent planned offshore wind farms could put 800-MW Mass. project's key tax credit at risk.

Project Delivery

Despite Feds' Raised Bar, $2.8B Massachusetts Offshore Wind Project Presses On

Mary B. Powers

August 21, 2019

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Vineyard Wind, largest US offshore power venture, must now study bigger region impacts on fishing; some see changed agency politics

Renewable Energy Construction

U.S. Offshore Wind Project Awards Push Market Boundaries

July 3, 2019

Danish giant Orsted wins NJ's record 1,100-MW power project; NY's 800-MW award is imminent, as U.S. energy sector builds to become projected $70B industry.

Top 500 Sourcebook: Offshore Wind Picks Up

Mary B. Powers

June 19, 2019

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The country’s first large-scale wind farms are under design off the coast of Maryland and Massachusetts, while two other large projects in those states are in the early stages of development.