South Fork Wind Offers Tremendous Opportunities To Lower CO2 Emissions

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2024 16:25:34 +0000

Offshore wind holds “massive promise” for the economy, for home-grown energy, and for the planet,” according to a Conservation Law Foundation attorney working on clean energy. Look at the recently completed South Fork Wind Farm, situated between Block Island, Rhode Island, and Long Island, New York, as a bright example. … [continued]

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US Offshore Wind Industry Pulls The Supply Chain Card In Effort To Survive

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2024 01:10:20 +0000

Facing rough political waters in the coming years, the US offshore wind industry aims to leverage its sprawling domestic supply chain for support.

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The Offshore Floating Wind Horses Have Already Left The Barn, Thanks To US Taxpayers

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 15:54:12 +0000

US taxpayers can pat themselves on the back for supporting new floating wind technology that expands the reach of offshore wind farms into deep waters all around the world.

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How Big Can Offshore Wind Turbines Go? 25 MW And More, That’s How Big

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 19:30:37 +0000

A new wave of supersized, morphing wind turbines will help cut costs for the US offshore wind industry, if it can survive the next four years.

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Wind Energy Wins As Trump Campaign Winds Down On (B)low Note

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2024 20:13:35 +0000

The US offshore wind energy industry has survived, and thrived, despite attempts by former President Trump and others to blow it off.

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No Bird Collisions At Offshore Wind Site, Study Determines

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 13:37:32 +0000

For more than two years, the floating offshore wind turbine TetraSpar at METCentre off the coast of Norway has been monitored by a bird camera. No bird collisions have been recorded. The Norwegian company Spoor that is responsible for the bird monitoring. Since January 2022, they have mapped bird activity … [continued]

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The US Needs A Marshall Plan For Itself, Not For The Developing World

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 22:41:16 +0000

In the past couple of months, an idea has been percolating through Washington and entities dependent on the United States’ good will that the US should reach back into history and create a Clean Energy Marshall Plan for developing countries. This idea is US economic wunderkind Brian Deese’s brainchild, or … [continued]

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Funding Notice: Nearly $2 Million Available to Support U.S. Offshore Wind Workforce Readiness Programs

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 19:05:44 +0000

Offices: Office of Technology Transitions, Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO) Funding Amount: $1.9 million Link to apply: PPO-CWX-006-WETO: Offshore Wind Workforce Readiness – Connectwerx The offshore wind industry is growing. According to the 2024 Offshore Wind Market Report, the U.S. industry’s project pipeline grew by 53% from the previous year—enough to power more than 26 … [continued]

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POWER: Spearheading the Philippines’ Offshore Wind Energy Revolution

Credit to Author: Raymond Tribdino| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 14:33:57 +0000

Last December, the major players in the offshore wind energy sector got together in collaboration with the Philippine Department of Energy to consolidate their expertise and quickly move forward in what was called a “transformative journey towards a clean energy future, harnessing the vast potential of offshore wind power.” The … [continued]

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1st Offshore Wind Lease Sale in Gulf of Maine to Power More than 4.5 Million Homes

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 16:31:16 +0000

Lease areas have potential to power over 4.5 million homes WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior today announced it will hold an offshore wind energy lease sale on Oct. 29, 2024, for eight areas on the Outer Continental Shelf off Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine. If fully developed, these areas … [continued]

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