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November 25, 2024

Offshore Wind Power

U.S. Department of the Interior
DOI’s Klein Picked to Run Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
The U.S. Department of the Interior announced that Elizabeth Klein has been named director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
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NJ’s Aggressive Clean Energy Plans Face 2023 Challenges
New Jersey’s far-reaching OSW plans face challenges as the first project undergoes permit scrutiny and the state launches a third coastal wind solicitation.
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NJ Extends Comment Period on 3rd OSW Solicitation
New Jersey has extended by two weeks the comment period on the plan to hold its third — and largest — offshore wind solicitation in early 2023.
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NY Great Lakes OSW Too Expensive, Study Determines
After a report concluded that developing wind power on the Great Lakes would be challenging and costly, NYSERDA recommended shelving the idea for now.
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Mass. DPU Orders Commonwealth Wind Project to Continue
Massachusetts regulators denied Avangrid’s request to back out of PPAs for the 1,200-MW Commonwealth Wind project it committed to build off the state’s coast.
The White House
Passage of the IRA Reshapes US Clean Energy Transition
The biggest clean energy story of 2022 was passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, rising improbably from the ashes of President Biden’s Build Back Better Act.
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‘Monumental Progress’ for OSW in New York in 2022
Wind power development off the Northeast U.S. coast continued to advance in 2022, with New York especially seeing a "banner year," according to an OSW advocate.
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Mass. Invests $180M in Ports to Support OSW
Massachusetts awarded $180 million in grants for port infrastructure in New Bedford, Salem and Somerset to support its growing offshore wind power industry.
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Avangrid Seeks to Terminate Commonwealth Wind PPAs
Avangrid has moved to terminate power purchase agreements for Commonwealth Wind, a 1.2-GW offshore wind project it is developing in Massachusetts.
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Northeastern States Plan OSW Compensation Fund for Fisheries
Nine states are seeking input from fisheries and other stakeholders on a plan to compensate fishing-related businesses for losses caused by offshore wind.

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