Trump won – what now for US clean energy?
Donald Trump will push fossil fuels and undo renewable energy policies, but it ultimately won’t stop clean energy’s momentum.
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The US’s largest offshore wind farm is on budget and on time
Dominion Energy has hit a major milestone in the construction of its Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project. The company has put in place 78 monopile foundations and four offshore substation foundations during the first installation season, surpassing its initial target of 70 monopiles.
Expand Expanding CloseThe US’s first Atlantic floating offshore wind lease sale raises $21.9 million
The Atlantic coast’s first floating offshore wind lease sale in the Gulf of Maine resulted in two provisional winners and $21.9 million in winning bids, with four lease areas awarded.
Expand Expanding CloseChina debuts a record-smashing 26 MW offshore wind turbine
China’s Dongfang Electric Corporation has rolled out a 26-megawatt (MW) offshore wind turbine, the world’s largest in both capacity and size.
Expand Expanding CloseHywind Scotland, the world’s first floating wind farm, has returned from Norway and is back online
The world’s first commercial-scale floating wind farm, Hywind Scotland, is now back in Scotland and online after its five turbines were towed to Norway for maintenance.
Expand Expanding CloseWorld’s first semi-submersible floating offshore wind farm still smashing its own power records
Portugal’s WindFloat Atlantic – the world’s first semi-submersible floating offshore wind farm – is now four years old and still breaking its own power output records.
Expand Expanding CloseMeet the world’s first AI-driven autonomous underwater vehicle [video]
Offshore wind technology company Beam has deployed the world’s first AI-driven autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) – a breakthrough in offshore wind inspections.
Expand Expanding CloseGlobal wind turbine order intake reached new highs in H1 2024
Global wind turbine order intake reached new highs in H1 2024, with 91.2 gigawatts (GW) of activity, a 23% increase year-over-year, thanks to the Asia-Pacific region.
Expand Expanding CloseThe US announces the Gulf of Maine’s first offshore wind lease sale
The US Department of the Interior (DOI) will hold an offshore wind energy lease sale in the Gulf of Maine for up to 13 GW of clean energy capacity.
Expand Expanding CloseMassachusetts & Rhode Island make history with largest offshore wind projects yet
Massachusetts and Rhode Island have selected 2,878 megawatts (MW) of offshore wind power in the region’s first-ever coordinated procurement.
Expand Expanding CloseMaine awarded the US’s first floating offshore wind research lease
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has awarded the US’s first floating offshore wind energy research lease to the State of Maine.
Expand Expanding CloseGlobal wind capacity will more than double by 2030 (but it’s a shortfall)
National targets set by governments add up to just over a doubling of the global wind capacity by 2030, but fall short of tripling, according to a new report.
Expand Expanding CloseHeavy-lift drones are flying cargo to offshore wind turbines in 4 minutes
Danish renewables giant Ørsted is deploying heavy-lift cargo drones for the first time in an operational campaign at a Dutch offshore wind farm.
Expand Expanding CloseIn a first, wind and solar overtake fossil fuels in the EU in 1H 2024
Wind and solar generated more electricity than fossil fuels in the EU during the first six months of 2024 for the first time ever in a half-year period.
Expand Expanding CloseThe US just canceled the second Gulf of Mexico offshore wind lease sale
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has canceled the second offshore wind lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico due to “a lack of competitive interest.”
Expand Expanding CloseNew York’s largest offshore wind farm officially breaks ground
Governor Kathy Hochul (D-NY) announced this week that Sunrise Wind, New York’s largest offshore wind farm, has kicked off construction.
Expand Expanding CloseMaersk’s new offshore wind installation vessel can install turbines 30% faster
Maersk Offshore Wind is building a wind installation vessel concept (Maersk WIV) that can install offshore turbines faster and cheaper.
Expand Expanding CloseIn a first, a German offshore wind farm will use Chinese turbines
A German offshore wind farm in the North Sea will use Chinese-made turbines for the first time (and they’re mighty).
Expand Expanding CloseThe US just greenlit the offshore wind farm Trump vowed to kill
Shell-EDF’s Atlantic Shores South is the US’s ninth commercial-scale, offshore wind farm approved under the Biden administration – Trump wants to cancel it.
Expand Expanding CloseThe US announces a big offshore wind sale in the Central Atlantic
The US Department of the Interior (DOI) today announced an offshore wind Final Sale Notice and auction for 275,000+ acres off the coasts of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia.
Expand Expanding CloseA major US offshore wind hub just broke ground in New York City
Today, the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal (SBMT) broke ground, kicking off the transformation of the historic port into an East Coast offshore wind hub.
Expand Expanding CloseIn a world first, China installs an 18 MW offshore wind turbine
China has installed an 18-megawatt (MW) offshore wind turbine – the world’s largest by power rating – in Guangdong province.
Expand Expanding CloseGermany set a new renewable power generation record in Q1
In a record-breaking start to 2024, renewable energy supplied 58.4% of all electricity generated in Germany during Q1 – the highest percentage since tracking began in 2018.
Expand Expanding CloseThe US’s largest offshore wind farm just got its first monopile
In a major milestone, the 2.6-gigawatt (GW) Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW), which will be the US’s largest offshore wind farm, has installed its first monopile foundation.
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