Connecticut announced the results of state’s solicitation for nearly 12 million MWh of zero-carbon electric power, equivalent to 45% of the electric load.

Connecticut announced they will purchase 200 MW of output from the Deepwater Wind Revolution Wind project, doubling the installed capacity of fuel cells.

Massachusetts and Rhode Island awarded procurements for offshore wind energy from what will become the two largest offshore projects in the U.S.

Offshore wind projects being developed through individual state procurements should be viewed as regional resources, panelists told a the audience of the New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable.

Three developers have submitted proposals in response to the Massachusetts solicitation for up to 800 MW of offshore wind energy.

Transmission will be Massachusetts' biggest challenge in its goal to add 1,600 MW of offshore wind, a panel said at the Restructuring Roundtable.

The Long Island Power Authority approved a contract for a 90-MW offshore wind farm to be developed by Deepwater Wind.

New England states will negotiate with developers of six renewable power projects totaling 460 MW in the next phase of their effort to procure clean energy.

LIPA has selected Deepwater Wind, which is already building a 30-MW project off Block Island, R.I., to develop the project.