Wind Energy – Appointment
Equinor US appoints Sam Byrne as Vice President of Operations in Equinor Renewables Americas.
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Massachusetts launches up to 3.6-GW offshore wind solicitation
Wind Energy – USA Wind Solicitation
Last Wednesday Massachusetts issued its fourth and largest offshore wind solicitation, seeking to select up to 3,600 MW of offshore wind generation.
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Wind Energy – Joint Industry Project
The National Offshore Wind Research & Development Consortium (NOWRDC) has joined forces with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Cornell University to kick off a groundbreaking Joint Industry Project.
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General – Dredging
Eastern Shipbuilding Group has been contracted by the US Army Corps of Engineers to design and construct a new medium-class hopper dredge (MCHD) for the Department of Defense and formally received the notice to proceed.
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Wind Energy – South Fork USA
Danish wind giant Ørsted, which is jointly developing South Fork with energy provider Eversource, announced yesterday that the first wind turbine blades and nacelles arrived in US federal waters earlier this week.
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Wind Energy – Gulf of Mexico
President Joe Biden will announce the first offshore wind power development rights sale in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday as part of a trip to highlight the administration’s efforts to boost renewable energy.
[Read more…] about Biden to announce offshore wind rights sale in Gulf of MexicoNetwork celebrates release of Revolution Wind Final Environmental Review
Wind Energy – Fourth WInd Project USA
The Business Network for Offshore Wind in the US announced that the nation’s fourth commercial scale offshore wind project passed a major regulatory milestone this week and now sits one month away from construction approval.
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General – Conversion
Hornbeck Offshore Services has contracted Eastern Shipbuilding Group to convert one of its recently acquired 280-foot offshore supply vessels (OSV) to a service operation vessel (SOV).
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Wind Energy – USA
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) in the US has approved the construction and operation plan for the Ørsted Ocean Wind 1 project, located 13 nautical miles southeast of Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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Wind Energy – Forming Northeast States Collaborative USA
Eight states across the Northeast and New England have banded together to ask for the US Department of Energy’s help in expanding electric power ties within those parts of the country.
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