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  • Four Companies Get USD 860,000 for Offshore Wind Research in Virginia

    28 March 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe has announced that four Virginia businesses have been selected for awards totaling $860,000 for research having a total value of more than $3 million that will give the Commonwealth a competitive advantage and accelerate the development of offshore wind power and its associated industry supply chain.   Alstom Power Inc, a global […]

  • Ørsted’s Offshore Revenue Soaring in 2021

    3 November 2021
    Business & Finance

    Ørsted has reported a 43 per cent increase in revenue in its Offshore segment for the third quarter and a 32 per cent increase for the first nine months of this year, both compared to the same periods of 2020. While the company’s operating profit (EBITDA) in the Offshore segment halved in the third quarter […]

  • Virginia Ready to See Big Offshore Wind Projects

    3 August 2017
    Authorities, Environment

    More than 50 elected officials, small businesses, community groups, environmental organizations, and health professionals have sent a letter to Virginia’s Governor Terry McAuliffe calling on him to embrace offshore wind as a key part of the Commonwealth’s energy plan.

  • Dominion Virginia Power Applauds US DOE Offshore Wind Decision

    13 December 2012

    Dominion Virginia Power welcomed the news that the U.S. Department of Energy had selected a company-led team to begin award negotiations for initial engineering, design and permitting for an offshore wind turbine demonstration facility off the coast of Virginia. In its DOE application, Dominion proposed designing, developing, and demonstrating a grid-connected, 12-megawatt offshore wind facility […]

  • VIDEO: Virginia Collaborative Achaeological Survey

    16 April 2015

    In September 2013, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) held a commercial lease sale for an area of 112,799 acres 23.5 nautical miles from the Virginia Beach coastline. Dominion Virginia Power was the highest bidders for this area with USD 1.6 million. Now, archaeologists and scientific divers from the UNC Coastal Studies Institute, BOEM, East […]

  • Dominion Welcomes Government’s Funding

    8 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    Dominion Virginia Power has been awarded an additional $47 million from the United States Department of Energy (DOE) to help fund the construction of a 12-megawatt demonstration project, consisting of two 6-megawatt offshore wind turbines on innovative substructures that will produce enough electricity to power up to 3,000 homes. “This was a highly competitive process […]

  • Dominion Mulls Options After VOWTAP Loses USD 40 Million in Federal Funding

    30 May 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Dominion Virginia Power is assessing options for its proposed 12MW offshore wind demonstration project off Virginia in light of an announcement that the US Department of Energy is withdrawing USD 40 million in funding. “Naturally, we are disappointed in the DOE’s decision because we still believe that offshore wind has a great potential to deliver clean, […]

  • Blue Water Shipping Wins Big Siemens Gamesa Deal

    23 May 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    Blue Water Shipping has won a contract with Siemens Gamesa for the loadout and pre-shipment transfer and preparation of turbine components for four offshore wind projects. The Danish company will be carrying out the scope for the Hohe See, Albatros and Borssele 1&2 projects in the North Sea and the Coastal Virginia wind farm off […]

  • USA: New Offshore Wind Research Facility for DOE

    9 January 2013
    R&D

    A new Department of Energy research facility will help eliminate a major hurdle for offshore wind and ocean power development and bring the U.S. closer to tapping the more than the estimated 4,000 gigawatts of wind power blowing along the nation’s coasts and the more than 1.2 terrawatt-hours of energy that could be generated by […]

  • Virginia’s Renewable Energy Task Force Meeting Today

    22 September 2016

    The US Bureau of Energy Management (BOEM) is holding the Virginia Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Task Force meeting today at Virginia Beach to discuss the current status of activities offshore Virginia. Participation during the meeting will be limited to Task Force members only. Task Force is an intergovernmental group, including federal officials and elected state, local, and […]

  • BOEM to Discuss Virginia’s Offshore Renewables Activities

    13 September 2016

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will host a Virginia Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Task Force meeting on 22 September in Virginia Beach to discuss the current status of activities offshore Virginia. The meeting will start at 10:00 a.m. and end around 3:45 p.m. with participation during the meeting limited to Task Force members only. A public question and […]

  • Opinion | Offshore Wind Energy: Delivering the American Dream

    22 August 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind

    This is an op-ed piece by Liz Burdock, Founder and CEO of Oceantic Network, the US offshore renewable energy industry organisation. When I started Oceantic Network 11 years ago, I was motivated by the confident belief that offshore wind would be an economic and environmental game-changer for the U.S. Not only because of the industry’s […]

  • Old Dominion Uni Gets Grant to Study Offshore Wind Impact on Military

    26 August 2020
    Business & Finance

    Virginia’s Old Dominion University has won a USD 775,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to study mitigation solutions for offshore wind projects in relation to the military. The grant is expected to help create a wind energy siting solution to mitigate the effects of location decisions on military training, readiness and research, covering […]

  • Equinor, Dominion Energy Secure Central Atlantic Offshore Wind Lease Areas

    14 August 2024
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    Equinor and Virginia Electric and Power Co, a subsidiary of Dominion Energy, have provisionally won lease areas in the Central Atlantic offshore wind auction in the US, each securing one site. The auction, which yielded almost USD 93 million (around EUR 84 million), saw a total of six companies participating. Equinor is provisionally awarded the […]

  • Governor McDonnell Signs Offshore Wind Energy Bills Into Law

    3 April 2010
    Authorities

    Norfolk, VA – Yesterday Governor McDonnell signed into law several bills that promote the development of an offshore wind industry in Virginia. These bills were part of the legislative package of the Virginia Offshore Wind Coalition (VOW), a stakeholder organization formed in 2009 by localities, manufacturers, utilities, developers and supply chain members to promote the […]

  • Virginia Aquarium Hosts Offshore Wind Public Meeting

    4 April 2014

    The Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center hosted a public meeting regarding the potential offshore wind development off the Virginia’s coast last night, reports the Associated Press. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) sponsored this meeting, which focused on environmental impact of a 12MW wind energy project located around 20 miles offshore. Namely, Dominion […]

  • BOEM Reaches Milestone for Virginia Offshore Wind Demo

    2 December 2014
    Authorities

    The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced the publication of its environmental assessment (EA) of proposed wind energy related research activities offshore Virginia. The Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME) has submitted a research activities plan that describes the proposed construction, operation, maintenance, and eventual decommissioning of the Virginia Offshore Wind […]

  • LS Cable & System to Build ‘Largest US Subsea Cable Factory’ in Virginia

    10 July 2024
    Business & Finance, Cables, Grid Connection, Manufacturing, Supply Chain

    South Korea-based offshore wind cable manufacturer, LS Cable & System, has decided to build a manufacturing facility for high-voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea cables in Virginia, which the company says will be the largest factory of this kind in the United States. The factory will be built on a brownfield site in Chesapeake that spans some […]

  • Virginia to Establish Testing and Certification Facility (USA)

    26 October 2011

    Governor Bob McDonnell announced that Virginia has landed a collaborative project to establish a facility for the testing and certification of large offshore and land-based electricity-producing wind turbines. The project, called Poseidon Atlantic, will be the first such facility in the United States and will help fill a growing need globally for facilities that test […]

  • USA: Conservation Groups Welcome Lease of Virginia Offshore Wind Energy Area

    5 September 2013
    Authorities

    In a step forward for offshore wind energy development, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Department of Interior auctioned approximately 113,000 acres off the coast of Virginia for commercial wind energy development for over $1.1 million. The wind energy area, around 23.5 nautical miles off of Virginia Beach, has the potential to produce more than […]

  • BOEM Extends Virginia Offshore Wind Public Comments Deadline

    6 January 2015
    Environment

    The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is giving the public an extra two weeks to comment on wind energy project offshore Virginia. The Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME) plans to install and operate two 6 MW wind turbine generators as part of research activities plan called Virginia Offshore Wind Technology Advancement […]

  • USA: Virginia Approves Offshore Wind Turbine Prototype

    28 March 2012
    Authorities

    Governor McDonnell announced that the Virginia Marine Resources Commission has voted unanimously to approve proposed construction of a 479-foot-tall, five-megawatt wind turbine generator prototype in the lower Chesapeake Bay, three miles off the Eastern Shore town of Cape Charles. The construction of the prototype turbine is scheduled to be completed in late 2013, which would […]

  • BOEM Seeking Comments on Environmental Assessment

    14 March 2014
    Authorities

    The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced that it is seeking public comment as it prepares an Environmental Assessment (EA) to analyze potential impacts from proposed wind energy research activities offshore Virginia. The Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME) has requested a research lease and proposes to design, develop, and demonstrate a […]

  • Drilling Vessel to Sample Virginia’s Seabed for Offshore Wind Project

    1 July 2014
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Dominion Resources has announced that marine geophysical and geotechnical surveys will be conducted for the Virginia Offshore Wind Technology Advancement Project (VOWTAP) in state and federal waters off the coast of Virginia Beach. Fugro is conducting seabed surveys by using the liftboat Inez Eymard for bore work near the shore and in deep waters. Additionally, […]

  • USA: DMME Applies for Research Lease Offshore Virginia

    30 July 2013

    As part of the Obama Administration’s all-of-the-above energy strategy to continue to expand safe and responsible domestic energy development, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced it has received a second unsolicited request from Virginia’s Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME) for a research lease offshore Virginia. DMME proposes to design, develop, and […]

  • U.S. Coast Guard Studies Boat Traffic in Proposed Wind Farm Areas

    29 December 2011

    In part to determine how planned offshore wind farms could affect maritime navigation, the U.S. Coast Guard is undertaking a large-scale study of government, commercial and pleasure boat traffic up and down the Atlantic coast. While the Coast Guard routinely looks at vessel traffic on a port-by-port basis, the study that’s now under way is […]