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The Stark Differences Between Wind & Oil Industry Accidents

August 9, 2024 admin clean power, Fossil Fuels, Louisiana, Massachusetts, offshore wind energy, offshore wind farms, Oil, policy & politics, research, vineyard wind, Water, wind energy

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2024 05:00:40 +0000

Two recent accidents in the energy sector — an oil spill in Louisiana and a wind turbine failure in New England — have generated starkly different responses from the impacted communities and government agencies that regulate the industries. The distinctions, so far, are separated by geography, culture and wealth, among … [continued]

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Nearly 5 GW of New Offshore Wind Power Approved for the U.S. Northeast

July 3, 2024 admin atlantic shores, avangrid, boem, Construction, Dominion, economic challenges, EDF, full coverage, grid integration, market trends, New Jersey, news, notebook, offshore wind, permitting, power, Renewables, vineyard wind

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2024 19:35:12 +0000

Over the past week, the offshore wind power sector in the U.S. received two major federal approvals that could add nearly 5 GW to the grid. On July 1, the […]

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Vineyard Wind 1 Installs First 853-Foot-Tall GE Haliade-X Wind Turbines

November 15, 2023 admin clean power, policy & politics, unions, vineyard wind, wind energy, wind turbines

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2023 04:19:39 +0000

The project will generate clean, renewable, affordable energy for over 400,000 homes and businesses across Massachusetts while reducing carbon emissions by over 1.6 million tons per year.

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Connecticut Gives Go-Ahead for 804-MW Offshore Wind Project

December 6, 2019 admin awea, bridgeport, Business, Connecticut, eversource, Legal & Regulatory, Massachusetts, news, offshore wind, Ørsted, Renewables, united illuminating, vineyard wind, Wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2019 17:51:50 +0000

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Vineyard Wind’s 804-MW Park City project was given the go-ahead by Connecticut officials on Dec. 5, with regulators saying Vineyard’s bid in an offshore wind solicitation was “lower than any other publicly announced offshore wind project in North America.” Vineyard Wind competed against other groups in the bidding, including developers backed by Ørsted and Shell. […]

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Feds Delay Environmental Permit for Vineyard Wind Project

August 13, 2019 admin avangrid renewables, block island, copenhagen infrastructure partners, Legal & Regulatory, martha's vineyard, Massachusetts, news, Renewables, Rhode Island, vineyard wind, Wind, wind farm

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2019 18:41:04 +0000

The developers of a multibillion-dollar wind farm off the Massachusetts coast said August 12 they would continue with the project, despite the federal government delaying an environmental impact statement needed for the offshore facility. Vineyard Wind, a joint venture of Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners of Denmark and Oregon’s Avangrid Renewables, on Monday in a statement said […]

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