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The US Department of the Interior has chosen Elizabeth (Liz) Klein to take over as Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) upon the resignation of Amanda Lefton, effective January 19.
[Read more…] about New director named for US Bureau of Ocean Energy ManagementPrysmian Group is investing $200 million to build a new submarine cables factory at Brayton Point, partnering with the commonwealth of Massachusetts and town of Somerset to create a supply hub for essential components for renewable energy production to support the U.S. energy transition.
[Read more…] about Prysmian Group creating renewable energy hub at Brayton Point, USAEquinor, Invenergy LLC and RWE have all won sites in the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s first Pacific seabed tender, for sites off the coast of California.
[Read more…] about Announcement California Lease Sale WinnersThe first of the 62 transition pieces to be built for Vineyard Wind 1 has been transferred on 2 December from the Windar Renovables’ offshore facilities to the Port of Avilés, Spain.
[Read more…] about Windar ships out first transition piece for Vineyard Wind 1Eversource Energy and partner Ørsted are continuing to progress the construction work for SouthForkWind.
[Read more…] about Bring power to shore by horizontal directional drilling (VIDEO)Bleutec, builder, owner, and operator of Jones Act-compliant offshore wind turbine installation vessels, today announced that it has secured a significant capital commitment from EnCap Investments L.P., a leading provider of equity capital to the independent sector of the U.S. energy industry.
[Read more…] about Bleutec announces Equity Commitment from EnCap InvestmentsCommunity Offshore Wind, a joint venture between RWE Renewables and National Grid, has awarded Fugro an offshore survey contract to support site appraisal and concept design activities in the New York Bight.
[Read more…] about Fugro strengthens leading position in US offshore wind marketLast week Vineyard Wind announced that cable installation for the first commercial-scale offshore wind farm has begun approximately 15 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard.
[Read more…] about Vineyard Wind begins offshore cable installation campaignAs part of the Biden-Harris administration’s goal of deploying 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced eight draft Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) offshore the U.S. central Atlantic coast for public review and comment.
[Read more…] about BOEM identifies new draft wind energy areasThe U.S. Department of Interior’s announcement today to hold an offshore wind lease auction for five wind energy areas off California’s coast in early December.
[Read more…] about First U.S. floating offshore wind auction off California coast
