offshore wind energy
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Offshore Wind
California, Again Facing Summer Supply Vulnerabilities, Eyes 20-GW Offshore Wind Goal
The California Energy Commission (CEC) is mulling a preliminary planning goal for 3 GW of offshore wind by 2030 and potentially expanding it to 10 GW to 15 GW by 2045. If finalized, California’s offshore wind goals would be the most ambitious in the U.S., surpassing even New York’s, which calls for 9 GW by […]
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Press Releases
US Wind Urges Maryland Legislators to Increase Offshore Wind Capacity and Related Economic Development and Jobs
BALTIMORE, March 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — In testimony this week before Senate Finance Committee and House Economic Matters Committee of the Maryland General Assembly, US Wind Country Manager Salvo Vitale urged House and Senate committee members to support HB 1158 and its Senate companion, SB 516 – The Clean Jobs Act of 2019 – citing […]
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Commentary
How the Offshore Wind Energy Industry Can Overcome the Jones Act
Europe’s decade-long economic and regulatory commitment to the offshore wind industry has paid off. With approximately 14 GW of power installed as of June 2017, the continent now boasts more than 90% of
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Press Releases
The construction and float-off of Ideol’s floating offshore wind foundation has been successfully completed
The construction of Ideol’s patented floating offshore wind sub-structure has been successfully completed by Bouygues TP and was floated-off in Saint-Nazaire’s Forme Joubert lock. After several months of construction near the Forme Joubert lock, the floating foundation – which will equip France’s first offshore wind turbine – was disengaged from the floating barges on which […]
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Press Releases
A crucial step of Floatgen’s installation successfully completed
The successful offshore installation of Floatgen’s innovative mooring system paves the way for the installation of France’s first offshore wind turbine. The mooring system components were assembled and installed on the SEM-REV test site which will host Floatgen, 22 kilometers off the coast of Le Croisic in western France. This highly innovative system was conceived […]
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Renewables
DOE Ditches Another Offshore Wind Demonstration Project
The Department of Energy (DOE) has dropped its support of a 24-MW offshore wind demonstration project proposed by Fishermen’s Energy off the coast of Atlantic City, N.J. “Under the Energy Department’s award, Fishermen’s Energy must have secured a power offtake agreement by December 31st to be eligible for another round of funding,” a DOE spokesperson […]
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Coal
UK to Close All Coal-Fired Power Plants by 2025
In a major speech setting out the future direction of the UK’s energy policy, Energy and Climate Change Secretary Amber Rudd announced plans to restrict the use of the country’s coal-fired power stations by 2023 and close all of the facilities by 2025. “Frankly, it cannot be satisfactory for an advanced economy like the UK […]