Rhode Island and Connecticut attorneys general are doubling down on their legal push to reverse the Trump administration’s stop work order on Revolution Wind — before it’s too late.| Renewable Energy Business & Market Trends
Offshore wind has a notable vulnerability: The federal government is the landlord.| Factor This™
The Trump administration issued an order to stop the construction of Empire Wind, the latest in a series of moves targeting offshore wind.| Factor This™
The lease auction conducted by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management lasted just two rounds and concluded less than two hours after it began.| Factor This™
The Biden administration's first offshore wind lease auction is already the most successful in U.S. history. And it isn't over.| Factor This™
Editor's Note: It is my pleasure to announce that noted industry commentator Fred Lyon will be sharing his views on the power industry in a periodic column in Power Engineering titled Power Points.| Factor This™
Advanced Energy United's Kat Burnham surveys the reprecussions of the Trump administration's war on offshore wind development.| Offshore Wind Projects: Planning, Construction & Regulations
Certainty – both in long-term policy planning and revenue mechanisms – is now the defining currency of offshore wind investment, write contributors David Vallès Vallès and Gilberto Regal.| Offshore Wind Projects: Planning, Construction & Regulations
Danish wind farm developer Orsted says the Revolution Wind project is about 80% complete, with 45 out of its 65 turbines already installed.| Factor This™
Economic uncertainties have resulted in multiple offshore wind PPAs to come to an end, with both developers and utilities deciding to back out.| Factor This™
Developers who filed the petition, including subsidiaries of Orsted, Equinor, and bp, said they will review the decision before reassessing their projects.| Factor This™
Together these projects, located about 12 nm south of Long Island, N.Y., and about 16.9 nm east of Long Branch, N.J., would have a capacity of 2,076 MW.| Factor This™
Funding for projects in 11 states was rescinded, including $435 million for a floating wind farm in Northern California and $47 million to boost an offshore wind project in Maryland that the Interior Department has pledged to cancel.| Renewable Energy Business & Market Trends
Interior is launching a full review of offshore wind energy regulations to ensure alignment with priorities under President Trump.| Offshore Wind Projects: Planning, Construction & Regulations
The Bureau of Ocean Management has rescinded all designated Wind Energy Areas on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf.| Factor This™
LS Power is adding 1.7 gigawatts of gross onshore wind capacity to its portfolio via 10 projects formerly owned by bp Wind Energy.| Factor This™
The Governor also announced the issuance of New York’s fifth offshore wind solicitation to advance the next wave of development projects off the coast.| Factor This™
The Bay State faces a statutory deadline: It must lock in contracts for at least 5,600 megawatts of offshore wind energy by 2027.| Offshore Wind Projects: Planning, Construction & Regulations
A federal moratorium on offshore wind development has prompted New York to cancel its ongoing Public Policy Transmission Need process.| Factor This™
President Donald Trump expressed his disdain for wind power during a meeting with his Cabinet recently, calling it an expensive form of energy that “smart” countries don't use.| Factor This™
The petitions sought new agreements, citing supply chain bottlenecks, high inflation, and increases in the cost of capital, driven by rising interest rates.| Factor This™
Equinor and BP have terminated the offshore Empire Wind 2 project, blaming inflation, interest rates, and supply chain disruptions.| Factor This™
The Trump administration previously argued further review of the project was needed, implying the Biden administration rushed its approval.| Factor This™
RWE, one of the world's top offshore wind developers, has stopped work on its U.S. projects for now, citing uncertainty under President Trump.| Factor This™
In campaign appearances, Trump railed against offshore wind and promised to sign an executive order to block such projects.| Factor This™
If approved and constructed, the former Kitty Hawk North Wind site, now known as CVOW-South, would generate up to 800 MW of renewable energy.| Factor This™
A second Trump presidency threatens to sink the offshore wind industry and unravel or rework parts of the Inflation Reduction Act.| Factor This™
New York City is one step closer to seeing its first offshore wind project connected to the grid.| Factor This™
The interior secretary will review wind leasing and permitting practices for federal waters and lands.| Factor This™
Ensuring wind turbine performance is a multifaceted challenge that requires a balance of guarantees, testing rigor, and ongoing monitoring.| Factor This™
New technology that enables underwater robots to work stably at sea has been developed at the University of Edinburgh.| Factor This™
Editor's Note: It is my pleasure to announce that noted industry commentator Fred Lyon will be sharing his views on the power industry in a periodic column in Power Engineering titled Power Points.| Factor This™
With a contracted capacity of 810 MW, Empire Wind 1 is poised to be the first offshore wind project to connect to the New York City grid.| Factor This™
The project seems to have come to a halt after developers failed to secure a contract with Connecticut for 400 MW of its generation capacity.| Factor This™
With only a handful of options globally, the project's developer, Invenergy, has struggled to find a turbine blade supplier.| Factor This™
President-elect Donald Trump has promised to halt offshore wind projects ‘on Day 1.’| Factor This™
The CEO of TotalEnergies says he has decided to put the Attentive Energy project on pause, at least in part due to Trump's anti-wind stance.| Factor This™
GE Vernova releases an action plan addressing the next steps for the Vineyard 1 site as Massachusetts delays its offshore wind procurement.| Factor This™
GE Vernova began the probe in response to a July incident, in which a suspected “manufacturing deviation” led to a turbine blade breaking.| Factor This™
After little interest in wind lease auctions earlier this year, two companies have submitted plans to develop large wind farms in the Gulf.| Factor This™
A report warns of potential negative effects for the North Atlantic right whale.| Factor This™
The majority of voters supported the ballot measure that would devote dollars to undertakings such as barrier island restoration and wetlands rebuilding.| Factor This™
Ørsted has reassessed risks associated with Revolution Wind after running into an issue installing an offshore substation monopile.| Factor This™
Construction remains on-budget and on schedule to be complete in late 2026, Dominion said, and the project is now 43% complete.| Factor This™
The company argues that extending the 6-mile buffer currently proposed for any future WEAs off the coast of Virginia is “vitally important.”| Factor This™
The kickoff to the years-long process of creating an “offshore wind energy roadmap” for Oregon comes in the wake of a federal pause on efforts to advance offshore wind projects at two sites near Brookings and Coos Bay following opposition from coastal communities, tribes and the fishing industry and a call from Gov. Tina Kotek for the federal government to pause its plans and include more state participation in the project.| Renewable Energy World
EV manufacturer Rivian will power its fast-charging network with electricty generated by RWE's Champion Wind in Texas.| Renewable Energy World
Iowa-based Critical Materials Recycling was selected by the U.S. Department of Energy as one of six companies to receive a $500,000 cash prize and $100,000 in assistance from national laboratories.| Renewable Energy World
The average construction cost for natural gas-fired generators fell 11% between 2021 and 2022.| Renewable Energy World
As part of an initiative that reduced its debt by $21 billion, Dominion Energy has sold a non-controlling stake in the wind project offshore of Virginia Beach.| Renewable Energy World
Biden wants to establish a legacy for climate action that includes locking in a trajectory for reducing the nation's planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions.| Renewable Energy World
Community Offshore Wind and Long Island Wind could generate more than 4.2 gigawatts of clean energy, putting a dent in New York's climate goals.| Renewable Energy World
The world is set to make abundant energy by the second half of the decade as the production of batteries and solar panels surges — but there'll also be an excess of planet-warming fossil fuels, a report released Wednesday by the International Energy Agency said.| Renewable Energy World
