Offshore Wind (OSW)
The New England states united to seek federal funding to strengthen the region’s transmission to accommodate power from offshore wind projects and Canada.
Ben Schumin, CC BY-SA-2.0, via Wikimedia
Beacon Wind I drew unanimous public support during public hearings on the transmission line needed for the1,230-MW wind farm planned off the New York coast.
A new NREL report lays out a path for the U.S. to follow as it builds a network of OSW turbines and presents it as an opportunity to create an entire industry.
Two major offshore wind power developers are warning again of economic problems with projects off the New York and New England coasts.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced plans to streamline permitting for offshore wind projects and reduce BOEM's role in safety enforcement.
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.
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.
After a report concluded that developing wind power on the Great Lakes would be challenging and costly, NYSERDA recommended shelving the idea for now.
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.
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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