The two developers vying for the third Massachusetts offshore wind development are each dangling the promise of economic development and renewal at a Massachusetts port if their project is selected — Mayflower Wind in Fall River and, announced Thursday morning, Vineyard Wind in Salem.
With new bosses at federal wind energy regulators, Vineyard Wind’s prospects are looking up. But these turbines may have multiple uses.
The first commercial-scale offshore wind power development in U.S. history is edging closer to approval, federal officials said Monday.
Vineyard Wind appears to have regained its place at the front of the offshore wind project permitting line and is back on track to becoming the first utility-scale offshore wind farm in the United States.
New Bedford’s whaling industry thrived in the 19th century, when whale oil was an important source of energy. Now, in the 21st century, it’s positioned to return to the sector as the staging area for offshore wind turbine projects.
President Donald Trump’s animosity to wind power has gone beyond words in some states. Now, wind industry leaders and supporters fear that the federal government, under Trump, may be pulling back from what had been years of encouragement for climate-friendly wind.
The governors of five East Coast states are urging federal regulators not to put any additional roadblocks in the way of the country’s nascent offshore wind industry.
Even as its first planned project hangs in a morass of federal reviews and regulatory wrangling, Vineyard Wind on Friday doubled down on its plan to provide Massachusetts with clean energy from offshore wind turbines.
Massachusetts congressional leaders are asking federal officials to move quickly on permits for the Vineyard Wind offshore wind project.
Vineyard Wind on Monday vowed that it will move forward with its $2.8 billion, 84-turbine wind farm project despite a new delay caused by the federal government, though the project will take shape on a new, yet-to-be-determined timeline.
Vineyard Wind, the $2.8 billion, 800 megawatt wind power project planned for the waters off Martha’s Vineyard, has been delayed and will not move forward on the timeline it has been anticipating due to a federal agency’s decision to undertake a broad study of the potential impacts of offshore wind projects planned up and down the coast.
After a “really productive and substantive” meeting with new U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt in Washington, D.C., on Monday morning, Gov. Charlie Baker said his administration will be working with Vineyard Wind to address the federal government’s concerns with the project in line to be the nation’s first commercial-scale offshore wind development.
Members of Congress have become involved in trying to move Vineyard Wind forward, a top Baker administration official said Tuesday, as lobbying intensifies to advance what state officials hope will be the nation’s first commercial-scale offshore wind project.
Federal officials are not ready to issue an approval for the Vineyard Wind offshore power project, which may affect the project’s timeline.
Orsted’s acquisition of Deepwater Wind, a move designed to strengthen the company’s position in the U.S. offshore wind market, is positive from a business risk perspective but will have a negative impact on Orsted’s leverage
One of the competitors for an offshore wind energy license in Massachusetts is teaming up with Avangrid Renewables, adding a partner with financial resources and experience in European wind energy markets.
