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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.
[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 contractsDonald Trump’s pick to lead the Interior Department, Doug Burgum, said on Thursday he will vigorously pursue the president-elect’s goals of maximizing energy production from U.S. public lands and waters, calling it key to national security.
[Read more…] about Doug Burgum emphasizes energy production for US securityUS President Joe Biden on Monday, January 6, banned offshore drilling across an immense area of coastal waters, two weeks before Donald Trump takes office pledging to massively increase fossil fuel production.
[Read more…] about Biden issues mass offshore drilling banDEME’s heavy lift vessel Orion has begun installing transition pieces for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project in the United States.
[Read more…] about First transition pieces for CVOWDonald Trump wants the North Sea to be reopened for oil exploration and wind turbines removed.
[Read more…] about Trump calls for North Sea to be reopened and wind turbines removedVineyard Wind, an affiliate of Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, confirmed in a brief statement that it is shelving the proposed Vineyard Wind 2 project in response to Connecticut’s decision not to award wind projects after the recent New England tri-state solicitation.
[Read more…] about Another development U.S. OWF shelvedRecently the California State Lands Commission and the ports of Long Beach and Humboldt announced an agreement to advance floating offshore wind energy development off the California coast, through a comprehensive framework founded on coordination and collaboration to facilitate critical port infrastructure upgrades needed to support offshore wind.
[Read more…] about Announcement Offshore Wind Energy Partnership in US
