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  • Dominion Applies for Maryland Offshore Wind Auction

    18 February 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    Virginia-based energy company Dominion plans to join the bidding process for Maryland offshore wind leases, and the company today applied with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to participate in the auction. The area of nearly 80,000 acres off the coast of Maryland will be auctioned in two separate leases. The North Lease area totals […]

  • USA: Eight Firms Plan to Develop Wind Farms Offshore Virginia

    4 April 2012
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    As reported by the Associated Press, the potential of the project, aimed at developing wind turbines in the U.S., situated off the Virginia cost and encompassing circa 113,000 acres in the Atlantic Ocean, has been recognized by numerous investors including European ones. The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, in charge of supervising offshore wind […]

  • USA: Dominion Virginia Interested in Offshore Wind Leases

    20 March 2012
    Authorities

    Dominion Virginia Power told the federal government yesterday that it is interested in obtaining leases off the Virginia coast in an area that has the potential to generate approximately 1,500-2,000 megawatts of electricity from offshore wind turbines. The exact capacity would be dependent on detailed site investigations. Dominion expressed its interest in the entire 113,000 […]

  • USA: Dominion Recommends Ocean Substations in Atlantic

    14 March 2012
    Grid Connection

    One offshore substation platform with two 230,000-volt power lines is appropriate to transmit to shore every 500-700 megawatts of wind-generated electricity constructed off the coast of Virginia, a study done at Dominion Virginia Power’s request recommends. The report, completed by ABB Power Systems Consulting, evaluated the offshore transmission options to support future projects and built […]

  • AXYS Deploys Vindicator III LiDAR at Chesapeake Bay, USA

    27 February 2014
    R&D, Technology

    AXYS Technologies Inc. has deployed one of its WindSentinel Land Stations on a man-made island at the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay as part of a project headed by WeatherFlow Inc. The project is funded by the Virginia Commonwealth Research Commercialization Fund (CRCF) with the objective, “Developing an Anchored Wind Monitoring and Forecasting System for […]

  • USA: Coastal Wind Conference Highlights Wind Industry in Southeast

    28 August 2013

    The Southeastern states from Virginia to Florida are home to over 65 wind related manufacturing facilities that support thousands of wind energy jobs in the Southeast region. These supply chain facilities could expand significantly as land-based and offshore wind developments begin in the region. Besides having a highly-skilled manufacturing base, the Southeast has several other […]

  • USA: Offshore Wind Backing Letter to Obama Administration

    24 July 2012

    Many environmental groups are urging the Obama administration to continue to push forward for wind development offshore east coast, according to the Associated Press. One of the groups, Environment Virginia, will release a letter today supporting this viewpoint. Besides environmental groups, many business owners, legislators and conservationists are backing this letter. Because the long legal […]

  • USA: Study shows Virginia coast is key to creating jobs

    4 May 2010
    R&D, Technology

    The development of a turbine manufacturing industry along Virginia’s coast is key to creating jobs and reducing the costs of offshore wind…   [mappress] Source: newsleader, May 04, 2010;

  • USA: Richmond Hosts Governor’s Conference on Energy

    17 October 2013

    Richmond is host to 4th Annual Governor’s Conference on Energy, one of the nation’s most dynamic energy events, which is being held this week from Tuesday till Thursday at Greater Richmond Convention Center in Richmond. Virginia Offshore Wind Development Authority meet on the first day of the event. It was its first meeting since Dominion […]

  • Dominion Trying to Cut Virginia OWF Cost

    21 July 2015
    Business & Finance, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Dominion Resources, the developer of an offshore wind project proposed to be installed off the coast of Virginia, USA, met with industry experts, academics, and others involved in the offshore wind sector to find a way to bring down the cost of its project, Richmond Times-Dispatch news site reported. In April, the company announced that it had […]

  • USA: Interior Completes Second Lease Sale Offshore Virginia

    5 September 2013

    As part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan to create American jobs, develop domestic clean energy sources and cut carbon pollution, the Interior Department completed the nation’s second competitive lease sale for renewable energy in federal waters, garnering $1,600,000 in high bids for 112,799 acres on the Outer Continental Shelf offshore Virginia. Virginia Electric and […]

  • BOEMRE Analises Proposed Mid-Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy (USA)

    20 July 2011
    Authorities

    The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) announced on July 11 that it is seeking public comment on a draft environmental assessment (EA) that considers potential environmental and socioeconomic effects of issuing offshore wind energy leases in the mid-Atlantic. The agency, part of the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), is specifically […]

  • USA: BOEM to Lease Area Offshore Virginia for Wind Energy Development

    23 July 2013
    Authorities

    As part of President Obama’s comprehensive plan to move economy toward domestic clean energy sources and begin to slow the effects of climate change, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Tommy P. Beaudreau announced that BOEM will hold its second competitive lease sale for renewable energy on […]

  • DOE Deploys AXYS WindSentinel Buoy off Atlantic City

    10 December 2015
    Authorities, R&D

    The U.S. Energy Department (DOE) recently deployed the AXYS WindSentinel buoy off the coast of Atlantic City, New Jersey, to gather necessary data needed to plan future offshore wind deployments. The buoy is one of the two the Energy Department owns. In December 2014, researchers from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory deployed the other buoy near Virginia […]

  • U.S. Atlantic Coast States Choose Renewables over Drilling

    29 January 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The U.S. Department of Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has recently released a draft strategy for offshore oil and gas leasing, which has shown that a significant number of officials representing eastern coastal states disapprove the plan, recommending renewable energy, especially wind power, as a better solution that would create more jobs and energy than drilling.  Atlantic region in the […]

  • VIDEO: Virginia Beach Calls for Offshore Wind Power

    2 September 2013
    Environment

    The week of the 8th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina devastating New Orleans, climate activists in Virginia Beach held a creative action to highlight the threat of a Katrina-level disaster in Hampton Roads. Presenting two visions a child born today could face in their lifetime – a clean energy future or destroyed coastal communities – they […]

  • Alstom to Pioneer U.S. Offshore Wind with Dominion Virginia Power

    9 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Alstom is part of a team to receive a $47M grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) for phase II of the Virginia Offshore Wind Technology Advancement Project (VOWTAP) led by Dominion Virginia Power. This next phase includes the completion of Front End Engineering Design (FEED), installation and testing of two Alstom Haliade 150-6MW (megawatt) offshore wind turbines […]

  • WindSentinel’s Virginia Offshore Wind Data Now Available

    19 July 2016
    Authorities, R&D

    A WindSentinel buoy that has been gathering offshore wind data off Virginia Beach, Virginia, has ended its 19-month deployment and collected a wealth of information, which forms the first publicly accessible database to help improve offshore wind development. The AXYS’ WindSentinel buoy, one of the two commissioned by the U.S. Energy Department’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), recorded data […]

  • USA: Dominion Gets Final Approval for Offshore Wind Project

    9 October 2013

    After winning the lease for 112,800 acres of federal land off the coast of Virginia to develop an offshore wind turbine farm last month, Dominion Virginia Power has received final approval for the project, writes the Associated Press. The bid was submitted to the U.S. Justice Department for a review, to which they had no […]

  • US DOE Launches LiDAR Buoy Loan Program

    25 January 2017
    Authorities, R&D, Technology

    The US Department of Energy (DOE) has implemented a loan program to lend its LiDAR buoys to qualified parties to acquire wind resource characterization data in areas of interest for offshore wind energy development. DOE currently owns two AXYS WindSentinel buoys that collect meteorological and oceanographic data to support resource characterization for offshore wind energy. In […]

  • Seaway 7 Strikes Again Offshore US

    26 July 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Seaway 7 has won a contract for the transport and installation of inner-array grid cables on an offshore wind farm project in the US. The contract is valued at between USD 50 million and USD 150 million. The scope includes the transport and installation of around 160 kilometres of 66 kV subsea power cables and […]

  • Federal Government Prepares to Accept Bids for Offshore Wind Power Development off Virginia’s Coast (USA)

    6 October 2011

    A top state energy official says the federal government is preparing to accept expressions of interest from prospective developers… (Associated Press) [mappress] Source: Associated Press, October 06, 2011

  • Sierra Releases Statement Regarding DOI’s Offshore Wind Announcement (USA)

    3 February 2012

    Yesterday the Department of the Interior released its environmental assessment of offshore wind sites along the Mid-Atlantic coast. The DOI found that these sites would create no significant impact to the environment, paving the way for accelerated wind energy development off the coasts of New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. In response, Vanessa Pierce, Eastern […]

  • Three US States Form Offshore Wind Pact

    29 October 2020
    Authorities

    Maryland, North Carolina, and Virginia have partnered to advance offshore wind projects in the region and promote the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic United States as a hub for offshore wind energy and industry. The creation of the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Regional Transformative Partnership for Offshore Wind Energy Resources (SMART-POWER) is said to provide a framework for […]

  • Timmons Adds AXYS to Its Team

    8 April 2014

    Timmons Group chose  AXYS Technologies Inc (AXYS) to become a member of its team recently awarded a research project funded by the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME) to explore new methods of metocean and offshore environmental monitoring. Governor Terry McAuliffe announced on March 26, 2014 that the Timmons Group proposal was one of […]

  • USA: New Business Coalition Formed to Advance Wind Industry in the Southeast

    26 September 2012

    A new regional coalition was announced September 20, 2012, that will focus on advancing the coastal and offshore wind industry in Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida. The Southeastern Coastal Wind Coalition will explore opportunities for regional collaboration among both the public and private sectors, including a focus on ways to grow the wind industry […]