Commercial demand is supplanting state policy as the driving force behind deployment of renewables, participants at NECA's Renewable Energy event heard.

PJM scheduled two meetings in the coming weeks to discuss rules for removing projects from the Regional Transmission Expansion Plan.

Four developers proposed offshore wind projects in response to a solicitation by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.

Vineyard Wind announced it has partnered with Anbaric Development Partners in proposing 1,200 MWs of offshore wind in response to a NYSERDA solicitation.

PJM unanimously approved a problem statement to consider granting merchant transmission developers capacity interconnection rights for offshore wind.

The offshore wind industry is poised for growth in the Northeast with expanding solicitations, falling prices and competitive auctions for new sites.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo pledged to erase the state’s carbon footprint by 2040 and nearly quadruple its offshore wind energy goal to 9 GW by 2035.

PJM is considering changing interconnection rules to accommodate transmission serving offshore wind generation, RTO officials told the Planning Committee.

Massachusetts is seeking to broaden its ambitious goals for procuring offshore wind and other clean energy, Department of Energy Resources officials said.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s energy efforts will build on New York's progress, which included a carbon pricing proposal, energy storage programs and offshore wind.