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Last Friday President Donald Trump signed an executive order formally creating a National Energy Dominance Council and directed it to move quickly to drive up already record-setting domestic oil and gas production.
[Read more…] about Trump creates council for ‘energy dominance’According to Reuters New York’s utility regulator on Thursday granted Equinor permission to build and operate transmission facilities for the company’s Empire Wind 1 offshore wind farm under construction off the state coast.
[Read more…] about New York approves power line for Equinor OWFRoberto Frigeni has joined the Spliethoff-BigLift Houston office as Vice President of Business Development.
[Read more…] about Spliethoff-BigLift appoints new Vice PresidentAtlantic Shores, which has federal approval to build two offshore wind farms off the coast of Atlantic City, says it remains committed to delivering New Jersey’s first offshore wind project even though its partner in the venture, Shell, is exiting and writing off its $1 billion investment.
[Read more…] about Atlantic Shores says OWP continues despite Shell’s exitThe Trump administration’s drive to derail offshore wind development claimed another victim last Tuesday when the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management cancelled virtual public meetings on an environmental impact study for the New York Bight project.
[Read more…] about BOEM cancels meetings for Vineyard Mid-Atlantic wind projectOceantic Network yesterday announced leadership positions and five new members to its Board of Directors.
[Read more…] about Oceantic Network announces new members to Board of DirectorsU.S. President Donald Trump in his first day of office on Monday suspended new federal offshore wind leasing pending an environmental and economic review, saying wind mills are ugly, expensive and harm wildlife.
[Read more…] about Trump suspends new federal offshore wind leasingItaly’s Prysmian will abandon a plan to build a plant in the United States to make cables for offshore wind parks, the group said in a statement seen by Reuters on Tuesday, even as it expands its overall business in the country.
[Read more…] about Prysmian ditches plan to build US offshore wind cables factoryThe Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced its approval of the Construction and Operations Plan for the SouthCoast Wind Project.
[Read more…] about BOEM approves Construction and Operations Plan SouthCoast OWFMassachusetts delayed finalizing contracts for a pair of offshore wind projects last week, adding to the uncertainty facing the industry as President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House.
[Read more…] about Massachusetts delays offshore wind contracts
