Energy companies point to area's existing oil-gas infrastructure and supply chain as feds aim to lease project sites off Louisiana and northern Texas next year.
Set to be North America's first fresh water wind energy generator, the permitted 6-turbine, 20-MW facility near Cleveland won a court fight against opponents
Renewables added 6.62GW of utility scale power to US grid, up 11.5% from one year ago. Nine states set offshore wind targets totaling nearly 45 GW, with New York breaking ground on the second utility scale project in the country.
While total financed capacity fell 11% in 2021, most was for relatively low-cost onshore wind, with the 24.6 GW funded a record for a single year, says trade group WindEurope.
The U.S. will gain much clean energy capacity from scores of giant wind turbines set to be built miles out to sea, but how they link to onshore users and to each other remains the key challenge
Six teams are provisional winners of U.S. Interior Dept.'s 64-round auction of ocean areas in the New York Bight south of New York City, with future development to be done under project labor agreements, it said.
Contractor Ferrovial used two 500-ton crawler cranes to raise and rotate six vertically cast floater elements for transport and assembly to support the 2-MW turbine in 85 ft of water.
Projects aim to deliver a 21st-century model of environmental and economic justice in building a new American industry in areas facing pollution and climate change risk
Dominion Energy says project cost rose $2B to nearly $10B, citing commodity price hikes and power transmission route changes, but ratepayer impact stays within approved range.
Interior Dept. announced proposed leases in U.S. waters off of North Carolina, Louisiana and Texas; environmental review of 2-GW project south of Martha's Vineyard begins.