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  • USA: Fishermen’s Energy Works Hard to Demonstrate Benefits of Proposed Wind Farm

    29 February 2012
    Wind Farm Update

    The Offshore Wind farm proposed off the Atlantic coast has failed to justify economic benefits for the second time this month. This was confirmed by the state’s consultant, reports Njspotlight. Back in May 2011, Cape May-based Fisherman’s Energy gained New Jersey approval for a demonstration project to build six wind turbines, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) […]

  • New Jersey BPU Backs Offshore Wind Executive Order

    1 March 2018
    Authorities

    The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities has approved an order that implements Governor Phil Murphy’s executive order which calls for the full implementation of the Offshore Wind Economic Development Act (OWEDA) and to begin moving the state toward a solicitation of 1,100 megawatts of offshore wind energy capacity.

  • Shell, EDF Acquire US Wind’s New Jersey Lease Area

    20 December 2018
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    EDF Renewables North America and Shell New Energies have acquired US Wind’s rights for the OCS-A 0499 lease area off New Jersey and formed a joint venture to bring an offshore wind project at the site to realisation.

  • New Jersey Committee Proposes 1.1GW Offshore Wind Opening Move

    29 January 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment

    New Jersey’s Environment and Energy Transition Advisory Committee has proposed that the newly elected Governor Phil Murphy jumpstarts the offshore wind industry by committing to the largest offshore wind solicitation in the US of 1,100MW of electric power. 

  • Belgian Offshore Wind Transmission Specialist Joins New Jersey Project

    9 September 2022
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    NextEra Energy Transmission MidAtlantic (NEETMA), a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Transmission, and WindGrid, a subsidiary of Elia Group, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation on a New Jersey offshore wind transmission project. Under the MoU, the companies will work together on the development and construction of offshore wind transmission infrastructure in New […]

  • Fishermen’s Energy Expects NJ BPU to Change Mind after DOE’s Decision

    12 May 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Following the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) decision to award up to $46.7 million of funding to Fishermen’s Energy, the company hopes that the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) will recognize the importance of its demonstration offshore wind project off the coast of Atlantic City, which could be the first offshore wind farm […]

  • Fishermen’s Energy Taking Its Offshore Wind Case to Court

    25 April 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) has rejected Fishermen’s Energy’s appeal on the BPU’s decision to deny the construction of an offshore wind farm off the coast of Atlantic City. The company said that it will take the case to the court. “We are disappointed in this decision, but not surprised,” stated Paul […]

  • NJBPU Launches Second Offshore Wind Transmission Solicitation

    27 April 2023
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) has requested PJM Interconnection (PJM), New Jersey’s regional grid operator, to include New Jersey’s current public policy of 11 GW of offshore wind by 2040 into PJM’s Regional Transmission Expansion Planning (RTEP) using their State Agreement Approach (SAA). This will be the State’s second use of the SAA […]

  • BOEM to Talk Offshore Wind in South Carolina and New Jersey

    9 May 2016
    Authorities

    The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold two Renewable Energy Task Force meetings regarding offshore wind development off the coasts of South Carolina and New Jersey.  South Carolina Renewable Energy Task Force meeting, scheduled for 17 May, will be held via webinar and will focus on updating Task Force members on public input received in response […]

  • AWC to Build Manufacturing Facility in Paulsboro, USA

    6 December 2012
    Grid Connection

    Paulsboro, New Jersey has been selected by developers of the Atlantic Wind Connection (AWC) backbone transmission project as the headquarters for the project’s manufacturing facility, NJ Spotlight reports. As explained by director of AWC’s marine operations Bill Wall, who voiced the company’s strong commitment to working in New Jersey while addressing the present at a […]

  • Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind and Rutgers University Team Up Off New Jersey

    7 June 2019
    R&D

    Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, LLC has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Rutgers University to advance ocean research and monitoring that will support offshore wind development off the coast of New Jersey. The five-year cooperative agreement term will initiate this summer and help to bolster on-going efforts at the Rutgers Center for Ocean […]

  • Fishermen’s Energy Uses Lockheed Martin’s WindTracer LIDAR Device (USA)

    6 December 2011

    Fishermen’s Energy announced that they have completed another significant step in building what may be the first offshore windfarm in the United States. Early in November, a team of Fishermen’s engineers and specialists from Lockheed Martin installed a sophisticated wind measurement device on the rooftop of a seaside apartment building in Margate, New Jersey. Typically […]

  • Fishermen’s Energy Proposal (USA)

    11 March 2011

    Cape May-based Fishermen’s Energy of New Jersey announced the filing of a petition to the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities on Feb. 9 by… By Claire Lowe (shorenewstoday) [mappress]   Source: shorenewstoday, March 11, 2011

  • New York-New Jersey OceanGrids Move Through the System

    21 June 2019
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has published the official notice for comment on Anbaric’s proposed New York and New Jersey OceanGrids offshore transmission system. Anbaric is the first to present to BOEM a planned transmission system for both New York and New Jersey, and to file and advance its application to use […]

  • Report: New Jersey’s Offshore Wind Potential Is an Untapped Jackpot

    5 January 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    New Jersey may have lost the race to build the first offshore wind facility in the nation, but the potential for offshore wind power production is still highest off the Jersey Shore, according to a new report by Environment New Jersey Research and Policy Center report. Using data from the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory, […]

  • Offshore Wind Companies Want to Delay Leasing off New Jersey

    27 January 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    New Jersey Governor  Chris Christie and legislative leaders were warned to delay leasing offshore wind tracts along the Jersey coast, writes the New Jersey  Spotlight. Namely, top companies from this industry, including Deepwater Wind and Offshore MW,  wrote a letter saying that the state  could ” lose the opportunity of offshore wind entirely, should the […]

  • Ørsted Notches Double Win in New Jersey

    18 May 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment, Wind Farm Update

    World’s leading offshore wind developer Ørsted has officially opened its office in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Ørsted North America President Thomas Brostrøm was reported by media as saying that the Ocean Wind project had received site assessment plan approval from the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) that same day.

  • MHI Vestas Boards Nautilus

    17 October 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    EDF Renewables North America has selected MHI Vestas Offshore Wind as the preferred supplier for the Nautilus Offshore Wind project off the coast of Atlantic City, New Jersey.ersey.

  • Equinor Deploys Floating LiDAR Offshore New York

    8 February 2019
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor Wind US has deployed a Floating LiDAR at its offshore wind lease site in the New York Bight. The Floating LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) device will measure wind speed, wind direction, wave conditions and several other marine characteristics that help inform decisions in regard to the resource potential and eventual development of the […]

  • New Jersey Pitches Offshore Wind Energy Certificate Rule

    26 July 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) has proposed a rule that would establish an offshore wind funding mechanism known as an Offshore Wind Energy Certificate (OREC).

  • Ørsted US Signs MoU with Stockton University

    3 April 2019
    Training & Education

    Ørsted U.S. Offshore Wind has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Stockton University that will support research, academic programs, and events at the New Jersey-based university. The agreement could also provide Stockton students and faculty with opportunities to assist with the development of Ørsted proposed Ocean Wind project, should that project receive state approval. Ørsted has […]

  • New Jersey Wind Port Powers Ahead

    19 July 2022
    Authorities, Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    The New Jersey Economic Development Authority’s Board (NJEDA) has approved the purchase of a 109.4-acre property which will enable the planned expansion of the New Jersey Wind Port in Lower Alloways Creek, Salem County. The New Jersey Wind Port is a first-in-the-nation infrastructure investment that will provide a location for staging, assembly, and manufacturing activities […]

  • New NJ Offshore Wind Bill Passes Both Houses

    15 March 2016
    Authorities

    The New Jersey Senate yesterday cleared the bill S988, which was introduced to the Senate on 4 February, after its predecessor (S2711), also approved by the Senate, had been dismissed by Governor Chris Christie. The Senate voted 53:21 in favour of the legislation that would allow Fishermen’s Energy to build its offshore wind farm off Atlantic City. However, this new bill, the same as its predecessor, […]

  • New Jersey’s OW Area Hits the Market

    9 November 2015
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold an auction sale for the New Jersey offshore wind lease area today, offering approx. 344,000 acres for commercial wind energy leasing. The area will be auctioned as two leases: South Lease Area, covering 160,480 acres, and North Lease Area, which consists of 183,353 acres. The lease area has an offshore […]

  • Atlantic Shores to Track Red Knots off New Jersey

    14 August 2020
    Environment, R&D

    Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, the developer holding an offshore wind lease off New Jersey, has launched a study on red knots, an endangered shore bird. The developer plans to bid at the state’s next solicitation for offshore wind energy this year. For the study on red knots, Atlantic Shores has partnered with Dr. Larry Niles […]

  • New Jersey BPU to Discuss Fishermen’s Energy OWF Today

    19 March 2014
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) will discuss Fishermen’s Energy Atlantic City Windfarm (FACW) today, and there is a possibility that the BPU will vote on the project as well. Last year, the proposed offshore wind farm was rejected by the BPU, with an explanation that the wind farm is too expensive. In […]