68% of US coastal residents support offshore wind farms – here’s why
A poll released today reveals that a clear majority of US coastal residents support offshore wind development.
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In a ‘monumental shift’, EU coal and gas collapse as wind and solar ascend
Europe’s coal electricity generation tanked by 26% and gas by 15% in 2023, according to a new report from energy think tank Ember.
Expand Expanding CloseWorld’s first semi-submersible floating offshore wind farm beats expectations in the face of extreme storms
WindFloat Atlantic – the world’s first semi-submersible floating offshore wind farm – has now been online for three years and continues to break its own power output records.
Expand Expanding CloseThe world’s largest EV battery maker will build its own $1.83B offshore wind farm
Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL), the world’s largest EV battery maker, is going to build its own $1.83 billion offshore wind farm.
Expand Expanding CloseUS to use AI to track the impact of offshore wind on endangered whales
Two US environmental agencies say they will start using AI to better monitor the impact of offshore wind farms on marine animals, particularly endangered North American right whales, of which there are only about 360 left in the world.
Expand Expanding CloseNew Jersey resuscitates offshore wind with two new projects
Ørsted dealt New Jersey a massive blow by canceling 2.2 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind last year, but the state just added 3.7 GW of new projects to its pipeline.
Expand Expanding CloseIn a historic first, a US offshore wind farm delivers power to the grid [Update]
New York’s South Fork Wind has become the first utility-scale offshore wind farm to generate power in the US.
Expand Expanding CloseWorld’s first floating offshore wind farm to be taken offline for up to 4 months
The world’s first floating offshore wind farm, Hywind Scotland, is coming offline for three to four months for “heavy maintenance.”
Expand Expanding CloseThe US’s first large-scale offshore wind farm just missed its first power delivery deadline [update]
Vineyard Wind 1 was supposed to deliver its first power to the Massachusetts grid by December 31 – but it didn’t.
Expand Expanding CloseEquinor, bp just scrapped their 1.2 GW Empire Wind 2 offshore wind farm
Equinor and bp have terminated New York State’s Empire Wind 2 offshore wind farm – but a do-over isn’t out of the question.
Expand Expanding CloseThe UK just set a new wind energy generation record
The UK, which felt the punch of Storm Pia today, set a new wind energy generation record in just a half hour this morning, according to National Grid Electricity System Operator data.
Expand Expanding CloseThe world’s single-largest wind farm gets the green light
Danish renewables giant Ørsted just committed to building the world’s single-largest offshore wind farm, Hornsea 3.
Expand Expanding CloseLouisiana trailblazes with the US’s first state-water offshore wind farms
Louisiana is making US history by launching its first two offshore wind farms, Cajun Wind and Diamond Offshore Wind, in state waters.
Expand Expanding CloseThe US’s first large-scale offshore wind farm is about to come online
The first five offshore wind turbines at Vineyard Wind 1 will deliver power to the Massachusetts grid within weeks.
Expand Expanding CloseIn a first, this electric SOV is charged by offshore wind turbines
A Dutch shipbuilder has officially launched what it says is the world’s first electric service operations vessel (SOV) that can charge offshore.
Expand Expanding CloseWatch wind technicians ‘walk to work’ at US offshore wind farm Vineyard Wind 1 [video]
Check out this cool video on Reddit of a “walk to work” gangway that’s now being used by wind farm technicians at Vineyard Wind 1.
Expand Expanding CloseChina’s Goldwind installed a 16 MW offshore wind turbine in just 24 hours
Chinese wind turbine maker Goldwind has installed its massive 16 megawatt (MW) offshore wind turbine in a “record-breaking” 24 hours.
Expand Expanding CloseConnecticut & Rhode Island’s offshore wind farm just got the construction go-ahead
Revolution Wind, Rhode Island and Connecticut’s first utility-scale offshore wind farm, can begin offshore construction in 2024.
Expand Expanding CloseNew York just installed its first offshore wind turbine
The first wind turbine installation at South Fork Wind, New York State’s first offshore wind farm, is complete.
Expand Expanding CloseThe world’s largest steel mill will get a second life as a wind turbine factory
What was once the world’s largest steel mill is about to become Maryland’s first permanent offshore wind turbine factory.
Expand Expanding CloseMeet the ‘world’s first’ floating wind, solar, and fish farm combo
Shanghai Electric Wind Power Group has unveiled what it says is the world’s first floating wind turbine, solar farm, and fish farm combination.
Expand Expanding CloseØrsted just axed plans for two New Jersey offshore wind farms – here’s why
New Jersey’s governor is furious because Ørsted canceled two huge offshore wind farms off the New Jersey coast – this is what happened.
Expand Expanding CloseThe US’s largest offshore wind farm just got the green light
The 2.6 gigawatt (GW) Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project – what will become the US’s largest offshore wind farm – just got approved by the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM).
Expand Expanding CloseIn a ‘world first,’ autonomous giant drones are flying cargo to offshore wind turbines
Ørsted says it’s now the world’s first offshore wind company to use autonomous giant drones to transport cargo to turbines.
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