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Massachusetts and Rhode Island have once again postponed signing power purchase agreements (PPAs) for two offshore wind farms totaling nearly 2GW that were awarded last year, signaling a further decline in the once-burgeoning sector amid President Trump’s ongoing onslaught.
[Read more…] about Trump turmoil further delays major US offshore wind contractsEquinor, the developer of Empire Wind, launched the Service Operations Vessel ECO Liberty on June 28 for deployment in its New York offshore wind project.
Louisiana First Lady Sharon Landry served as the vessel’s Godmother during a christening ceremony on the Mississippi River at the Port of New Orleans.
The American-made ECO Liberty was built by Edison Chouest Offshore by more than 500 Louisianans and showcases the critical role of Gulf Coast manufacturing companies in strengthening the supply chain for offshore energy.
The vessel was built with American steel and includes components from companies in several Gulf Coast states.
The 262-ft hybrid-powered ECO Liberty will soon depart for New York, where it will be homeported at New York’s South Brooklyn Marine Terminal, where more than 2,000 workers have been put to work constructing a next-generation staging facility, O&M base, and control center for Empire Wind.
The ECO Liberty will be deployed to support ongoing marine construction in the lease area and eventually serve as the floating home for Empire Wind’s skilled workers when stationed offshore.
Including the ECO Liberty, seven new U.S.-flagged vessels will be added to the U.S. Jones Act compliant fleet, because of Empire Wind.
A recent report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office confirms what many stakeholders in labour, manufacturing, and environmental circles have long known.
[Read more…] about U.S. offshore wind offers too much to stop nowTwo weeks after the Trump administration allowed the Empire Wind project to resume, a coalition of project opponents and commercial fishermen filed a new federal lawsuit June 3, calling for the Department of Interior to block the project again.
[Read more…] about New federal lawsuit filed to stop Empire Wind developmentPresident Donald Trump has said there is North Sea oil to last 100 years with Áberdeen as its hub.
[Read more…] about Trump urges UK to back North Sea and Aberdeen as its hubEmpire Offshore Wind LLC (Empire), a subsidiary of Equinor ASA, has been notified by the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) that the stop work order for the Empire Wind project has been lifted, permitting construction activities to resume.
[Read more…] about Empire Wind project resumes constructionAccording to Reuters a coalition of Democratic state attorneys general sued on Monday in a bid to block President Donald Trump’s move to suspend leasing and permitting of new wind projects, saying it threatens to cripple the wind industry and a key source of clean energy.
[Read more…] about States sue over Trump’s offshore wind pauseEquinor has reported first-quarter 2025 financial and operational results broadly in line with analysts’ expectations, but all attention is on US President Donald Trump’s abrupt suspension of the Empire Wind project offshore New York.
[Read more…] about Equinor slams US government’s ‘unlawful’ suspension of Empire WindSif will continue to manufacture foundations for Empire Offshore Wind LLC according to the contract.
[Read more…] about Sif continues foundation manufacturing Empire OWFDEME Offshore announced that the second season of the Dominion Energy 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Windfarm has taken off smoothly.
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