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The Trump administration quietly missed the final deadline to appeal the court rulings that let five US East Coast offshore wind projects keep building.
[Read more…] about 5 OWFs move ahead after Trump admin misses appeal deadlineA Massachusetts judge on Friday blocked GE Vernova from abandoning work on the largest offshore wind farm in New England after developer Vineyard Wind refused to pay over $300 million, the turbine supplier says it is owed for the $4.5 billion project.
[Read more…] about GE Vernova must continue work on Vineyard Wind OWFAmerica’s offshore wind industry achieved a historic milestone late Friday when the country’s first major sea-based wind project completed construction and a second one announced it had begun generating electricity.
[Read more…] about US’s largest offshore wind projects are generating powerThe same Vineyard Wind turbine blade that snapped in half last summer now appears to have been struck by lightning, according to the company and the U.S. Coast Guard.
[Read more…] about Broken Vineyard Wind Turbine struck by lightningVineyard 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 shelvedVineyard Wind and GE Vernova recently said that U.S. safety officials have allowed them to resume limited construction on an offshore wind farm off the Massachusetts coast where a turbine blade shattered last month.
[Read more…] about Vineyard Wind allowed to resume limited offshore turbine installationGE Vernova says that the breakage of the blade on one of GE Vernova’s Haliade-X wind turbines at the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm in the US was caused by a manufacturing deviation.
[Read more…] about Manufacturing problem was behind turbine blade breaking Vineyard WindThe US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement has ordered Vineyard Wind to stop power production and construction until an investigation determines whether a blade failure affects other turbines, it said on Wednesday.
[Read more…] about US orders stop to Vineyard Wind construction due to turbine breakVineyard Wind is reporting that one of its turbines was damaged over the weekend, and contractors with the company are investigating what happened.
[Read more…] about Investigation underway into damaged Vineyard Wind turbineThe installation of transition pieces (TPs) is about to commence at Vineyard Wind 1, America’s first large-scale offshore wind farm.
[Read more…] about TP installation at America’s first large-scale OWF
