Wind Energy – Supply Base
DEME 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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Japan, South Korea want to partner with U.S. in Alaska pipeline
General – Politics
Japan, South Korea and other countries want to partner with the United States in a gigantic natural gas pipeline in Alaska, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, claiming they would invest trillions of dollars each.
[Read more…] about Japan, South Korea want to partner with U.S. in Alaska pipelineNew Hampshire House passes legislation to pull back from OW development
Wind Energy – USA
The House of Representatives of the US State of New Hampshire has passed a new bill that removes the offshore wind scope from the state Office of Offshore Wind Industry Development and Energy Innovation, and amends several other state-level efforts established to support offshore wind by either withdrawing or modifying them to move away from offshore wind.
[Read more…] about New Hampshire House passes legislation to pull back from OW developmentCadeler secures work for Wind Pace in US
Wind Energy – US Project
Danish offshore wind installation firm Cadeler has signed a contract to deploy its newbuild offshore wind vessel, the Wind Pace, at an offshore wind farm in the United States.
[Read more…] about Cadeler secures work for Wind Pace in USTrump creates council for ‘energy dominance’
Fossil Energy – USA
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’New York approves power line for Equinor OWF
Wind Energy – New York USA
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.
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General – Appointment
Roberto Frigeni has joined the Spliethoff-BigLift Houston office as Vice President of Business Development.
[Read more…] about Spliethoff-BigLift appoints new Vice PresidentCost of CVOW project has gone up by around 9%
Wind Energy – Cost Increase
Dominion Energy recently provided several updates for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project and revealed that the cost of the 176-turbine project has gone up by around 9%.
[Read more…] about Cost of CVOW project has gone up by around 9%Trump suspends new federal offshore wind leasing
Politics – Trump
U.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.
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General – US Politics
Italy’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.
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