Offshore wind power

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• Drinks giant Diageo has submitted a planning application for an onsite, 4 MW solar farm in Scotland.
• The Kitty Hawk offshore wind project off North Carolina moves another step forward.
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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• Here are 3 ways clean energy is boosting grid resilience right now in the face of extreme weather.
• Massachusetts announces $1.6 million in grants to support offshore wind workforce training.
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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• Germany’s first subsidy-free offshore wind farm pre-selects huge Vestas wind turbines.
• Nova Scotia sets a target of reaching 80% renewable energy by 2030.
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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• Maine’s governor permanently bans offshore wind in state waters in a compromise.
• ION Energy raises $3.6 million with the participation of Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund.
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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• The final floating turbine is connected at the Kincardine floating offshore wind farm in Scotland.
• 2021’s most and least energy-expensive states, according to a new WalletHub study.
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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• New Jersey approves US’s largest combined offshore wind project, Atlantic Shores and Ocean Wind II.
• Transitioning to clean energy will grow the global economy, as investments will pay off, reports IRENA.
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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• BASF will buy 49.5% of Vattenfall’s 1.5 GW offshore wind farm in the Netherlands.
• Home energy efficiency upgrade company Sealed raises $16 million in Series B funding.
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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• Hitachi ABB Power Grids launches transformer products for offshore floating wind farms.
• Turbine installation is complete at Denmark’s largest wind farm, the offshore Kriegers Flak.
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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• The US Department of the Interior suspends oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
• Danish wind giant Ørsted bumps up its clean energy target to reach 50 GW of installed capacity by 2030.
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Richmond, Virginia-headquartered Dominion Energy is building the Charybdis, the first Jones Act-qualified offshore wind turbine installation vessel in the US. (Interesting name choice for the vessel – a dangerous mythological sea monster.)

And Danish wind giant Ørsted and Boston-headquartered electric company Eversource today announced that they will charter the Charybdis for the construction of Revolution Wind and Sunrise Wind, two of their planned offshore wind farms in the Northeast.

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• French oil giant Total changes its name to TotalEnergies to mark its shift to renewables.
• The first wind turbine has been erected at Hornsea Two offshore wind farm in the UK, and it will be huge.
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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• The US Pacific Coast is approved for commercial-scale offshore clean energy projects for the first time.
• New US wind and solar scheduled for connection to the grid has reached record levels.
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Hecate Independent Power (HIP) has announced it will build an enormous, $30 billion offshore wind project off the coast of Iceland that will power the UK using long subsea cables.

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• GE will provide 87 Haliade-X 14 MW for the third and final phase of the Dogger Bank offshore wind farm.
• Rhode Island gets more than 100 megawatts of solar as it works toward 100% clean electricity by 2030.
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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• The Biden administration has approved Vineyard Wind 1, the first major offshore wind farm in federal waters.
• The IEA raises its forecast for global wind and solar growth by another 25% compared to six months ago.
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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• Brown University researchers find a way to strengthen a key weak point in perovskite solar cells.
• Ørsted and Polish energy company PGE to build 2.5 GW Baltica 2 and 3 offshore wind farms.
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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• GE’s Haliade-X offshore wind turbines are awarded typhoon certification.
• United Auto Workers union says only US-made EVs should get tax incentives.
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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• The US Department of Energy helps 11 remote and island communities transition to clean energy.
• Work begins on Japan’s first large offshore wind farms today.
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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• Ireland’s Moneypoint coal station will become a green energy hub that includes a floating offshore wind farm.
• France set to ban short domestic flights.
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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• The 15-year-old Egmond aan Zee offshore wind farm in the North Sea will be refurbished.
• BlackRock Real Assets has closed a $4.8 billion renewable power investment fund.
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The White House today announced an ambitious plan to expand offshore wind farms along the US East Coast.