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  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Dominion Wins Grant to Work on Cost Reduction of Offshore Wind Electricity (USA)

    19 September 2011
    Business & Finance, R&D

      Dominion has received a two-year, $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to look for ways to reduce the cost of offshore wind electricity generation by at least 25 percent. “One of the biggest challenges to off-shore wind generation is bringing down the cost so it can be more competitive with other forms […]

  • K2 Management Engaged in Virginia Offshore Wind

    23 May 2016

    K2 Management has been hired as an independent external expert and offshore wind technical advisor for the Virginia Offshore Wind Technology Advancement Project (VOWTAP). The company started working on VOWTAP in the second half of 2015, and is still supporting the project to some extent. Work has been focused on reviewing and re-scoping of contracts, validation of tenders, and […]

  • Massachusetts: Ørsted Dusts Itself Off and Looks at Next Solicitations

    24 May 2018
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted and its joint venture partner Eversource will continue progressing the Bay State Wind project towards the next solicitations in New England and New York, Ørsted’s Executive Vice President Martin Neubert said after the project was not selected under the 83C solicitation in Massachusetts.

  • Consortium Develops First US Offshore Wind Test Centre

    13 October 2011

      The first North American offshore wind turbine test centre has started development, off the eastern Atlantic shore of the US state of Virginia, by a consortium of Ecofys, Fugro and Real NewEnergy. The project, Poseidon Atlantic, has come about through collaboration between the Commonwealth of Virginia, Northampton County and the Virginia Port Authority with […]

  • Lease Sale Brings America Closer to Offshore Wind Revolution

    3 December 2012
    Authorities

    The Ranking Member of the Natural Resources Committee, Edward J. Markey, commented the Interior Department’s announcement of the first-ever competitive lease sales for renewable energy development in federal waters offshore. The lease sales, to be held next year, will offer some of the nation’s best offshore wind resources in one area identified off the coast […]

  • Synced Approach to Help US Coastal States Reach Offshore Wind Targets, PJM Study Finds

    20 October 2021
    Grid Connection, R&D

    US regional transmission system operator (TSO) PJM Interconnection has published the Phase 1 results of a study into offshore transmission options to deliver offshore wind electricity to coastal states from their soon-to-be-built offshore wind farms. According to the first results of the study, undertaken together with state agencies to identify solutions across the PJM footprint, […]

  • Fugro Bags Two Ørsted Contracts in US

    1 December 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Environment, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Fugro has won contracts by Ørsted to undertake geotechnical investigations at Bay State Wind and Ocean Wind offshore wind farms in the United States.

  • U.S. Virgin Islands Could Soon See 10.5 MW Offshore Wind Farm

    1 July 2013
    Authorities, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    The U.S. Virgin Islands Public Services Commission approved recognition of offshore wind developer Ocean Offshore Energy, LLC as a public utility on Thursday, June 27, Virgin Islands Daily News reports. This decision has opened the way for the development of an offshore wind farm off the coast of St. Thomas, for which the company had […]

  • USA: BOEM to Issue Offshore Wind Energy Research Lease to Commonwealth of Virginia

    15 March 2013
    Authorities, R&D

    As part of the Obama Administration’s all-of-the-above strategy to continue to expand domestic energy development, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced yesterday that it has taken an important step toward issuing a wind energy research lease to the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Department of Mines Minerals and Energy (DMME), after finding that there is […]

  • US Northeast Wind Resource Center Updates Offshore Wind Hub

    28 December 2016
    R&D, Training & Education

    Northeast Wind Resource Center has updated the Offshore Wind Hub, a virtual resource library containing federal and state reports and documents on legislation, assessments, and policy related to offshore wind in the United States, from Maine south to Georgia. The Offshore Wind Hub now contains state summaries for Delaware, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia. The updated […]

  • Iberdrola Plans to Increase Kitty Hawk Capacity to 3.5 GW

    26 October 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Iberdrola plans to increase the total capacity of the Kitty Hawk offshore wind development, located off North Carolina, from 2.5 GW to 3.5 GW. The decision to raise the capacity comes “as the current turbine technology allows to increase the capacity potential of the leased area”, the Spanish renewable energy developer which owns the US-based […]

  • USA: Assateague Island against Offshore Wind Power Transmission

    7 September 2012
    Environment, Grid Connection

    Residents of Assateague Island are opposing the power transmission project which would deliver offshore wind energy from future projects built off the coasts of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey. According to DelmarvaNow news site, Ocean City attorney Hugh Cropper IV wrote to Atlantic Wind Connection on behalf of some of the residents, saying that […]

  • BOEM Announces Next Step Towards Mid-Atlantic Wind Energy Transmission Line (USA)

    21 December 2011
    Grid Connection

    The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced that it is taking the next steps in the review for a potential Mid-Atlantic Wind Energy Transmission Line. Atlantic Grid Holdings LLC has requested a right-of-way grant to develop the Atlantic Wind Connection, a proposed high-voltage direct current transmission line that would collect power generated by offshore wind […]

  • DoE Selects Three Offshore Wind Demo Projects

    7 May 2014
    Authorities

    As a part of the Administration’s all-of-the-above energy strategy, the Energy Department today announced the selection of three pioneering offshore wind demonstrations to receive up to $47 million each over the next four years to deploy innovative, grid-connected systems in federal and state waters by 2017. These projects – located off the coast of New […]

  • Japanese Joint Venture Takes Delivery of New Offshore Installation Vessel

    27 September 2023
    Vessels

    PKY Marine, a joint venture (JV) between Penta-Ocean Construction, Kajima Corporation, and Yorigami Maritime Construction, has taken delivery of its new Multipurpose Self-Elevating Platform(SEP) vessel, named CP-16001. The vessel is 120 metres long and 45 metres wide, with a maximum capacity of 100 people, equipped with a large, fully-revolving crane with a 1,600-tonne lifting capacity […]

  • Wind Energy Research to Be Discussed in North Carolina

    17 July 2014
    R&D, Technology

    On July 24th, in Charlotte, N.C., the Southeastern Coastal Wind Coalition will convene key stakeholders for a working session to discuss Wind Energy Resource Assessment and Data Collection in the Southeast. Experts from industry, national labs, and universities will explore wind energy resource assessment efforts related to coastal and offshore wind in the region, determine […]