Avangrid Renewables, subsidiary of Avangrid Inc. (a company of the Iberdrola Group), and Vineyard Wind have announced today a strategic partnership to develop a large-scale offshore wind power project. Vineyard Wind will be built off the coast of Massachusetts in the USA. Avangrid Renewables has acquired 50% of Vineyard Wind, the project’s promoter, from Copenhagen … Continue reading Avangrid joins the offshore wind project, Vineyard Wind, off the coast of Massachusetts
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Offshore wind energy gets a boost from Massachusetts
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker signed into law this week a piece of legislation that will transform the U.S. offshore wind market and catapult the industry into a thriving source of clean energy for New England ratepayers. The new law tasks state utilities with procuring 1,600 megawatts (MW) of offshore wind power capacity through 15 to 20 … Continue reading Offshore wind energy gets a boost from Massachusetts
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Wind power lauds transformative Massachusetts energy legislation
The Massachusetts state legislature just passed a new law that will dramatically expand procurement of renewable energy in the state. The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) applauded the move: “Massachusetts lawmakers have taken transformative action to make the state’s energy supply cleaner and more reliable,” said Andrew Gohn, Eastern Region Policy Director, AWEA. “We thank … Continue reading Wind power lauds transformative Massachusetts energy legislation
Continue readingWind power can help save money for Massachusetts families and businesses
Francis Pullaro is the Executive Director of RENEW Northeast (RENEW)- an association of the renewable energy industry and environmental public interest groups in New York and New England. A bill before the Massachusetts legislature could further cut carbon emissions by building on reduction goals from previous successful procurements under the Green Communities Act. By tapping … Continue reading Wind power can help save money for Massachusetts families and businesses
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DONG Energy proposes Massachusetts offshore wind farm
DONG Energy has proposed an offshore wind development to be located in federal waters off the Massachusetts coast. The “Bay State Wind” project would be a utility scale offshore wind farm, located 15 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard. Largely owned by the Danish government, DONG is the world’s largest developer of offshore wind projects, reportedly … Continue reading DONG Energy proposes Massachusetts offshore wind farm
Continue readingDONG Energy takes over US offshore wind energy project
DONG Energy has agreed to take over RES Americas Developments Inc.’s (RES) more than 1000MW newly assigned development project rights off the coast of Massachusetts. At the offshore wind auction held by BOEM (Bureau of Ocean Energy Management) on 29 January 2015, RES secured the rights to develop one of the two leases that … Continue reading DONG Energy takes over US offshore wind energy project
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Cape Wind farm suffers major setback on PPA
Deals between Cape Wind and both NStar and National Grid for power from the proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm have fallen apart, marking a major, and potentially fatal, setback for the offshore wind power project. NStar, which agreed in 2012 to buy 27.5 percent of the power expected to be generated by the 130-turbine wind … Continue reading Cape Wind farm suffers major setback on PPA
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US Department of Interior to auction more than 742,000 acres in Massachusetts for offshore wind energy
Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Acting Director Walter Cruickshank earlier this week announced that more than 742,000 acres offshore Massachusetts will be offered for commercial wind energy development in a January 29, 2015, competitive lease sale. The move — believed to be DOI’s largest competitive lease … Continue reading US Department of Interior to auction more than 742,000 acres in Massachusetts for offshore wind energy
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Cape Wind offshore wind energy project gets $150M Department of Energy loan guarantee
The US government took a giant step today to ensure the success of Cape Wind. The United States Energy Department gave the offshore wind power project a guaranteed $150 million which raises to $1.45 billion the amount needed to build the renewable energy project in Nantucket Sound which will supply 75 percent of the electricity … Continue reading Cape Wind offshore wind energy project gets $150M Department of Energy loan guarantee
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Massachusetts Open for Wind Energy
A large area off the coast of Massachusetts is being opened up for commercial wind energy leases, Gov. Deval Patrick and U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said Tuesday. The proposed area is more than 742,000 acres, or more than 1,160 square miles. That’s larger than the land area of Rhode Island and will nearly double … Continue reading Massachusetts Open for Wind Energy
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Leading Environmental and Conservation Groups and Deepwater Wind Announce Agreement to Protect Endangered Whales at Deepwater ONE Offshore Wind Farm Site
A coalition of leading environmental and conservation organizations — Conservation Law Foundation (CLF), Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and National Wildlife Federation (NWF) — and Deepwater Wind today announced an agreement to implement additional protections for endangered North Atlantic right whales during pre-construction activities for the Deepwater ONE offshore wind farm, which will be developed … Continue reading Leading Environmental and Conservation Groups and Deepwater Wind Announce Agreement to Protect Endangered Whales at Deepwater ONE Offshore Wind Farm Site
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Siemens signs contract for first commercial offshore wind farm in the USA
Siemens and Cape Wind have signed a major contract for the construction of the United States’ first utility-scale offshore wind farm. Once the contract becomes effective later next year, Siemens will supply Cape Wind with its industry-leading 3.6-megawatt offshore wind turbines, an offshore Electric Service Platform (ESP) and a long-term service agreement. When fully built, … Continue reading Siemens signs contract for first commercial offshore wind farm in the USA
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Cape Cod’s first offshore wind farm inks wind turbine deal with Siemens
The developers of a project off the Massachusetts coast that aims to be the nation’s first offshore wind farm announced a deal Monday with Siemens Energy Inc. to make, install and maintain the project’s turbines. Under the agreement, Siemens will build turbines for the project, as well as an offshore electric service platform. Siemens is … Continue reading Cape Cod’s first offshore wind farm inks wind turbine deal with Siemens
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Koch Brother Funds 12-Year Fight Against Massachusetts Wind Farm
Energy billiona how to get your ex back ire William I. Koch has donated $5-million and taken a leading advocacy role in battling plans for a massive wind farm in Nantucket Sound off the Massachusetts coast, writes The New York Times. Koch, a billionaire industrialist who made his fortune in fossil fuels and whose better-known … Continue reading Koch Brother Funds 12-Year Fight Against Massachusetts Wind Farm
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First Wind, Iberdrola, Exergy land contracts with Mass. utilities
Wind farm developers First Wind, Iberdrola Renewables, and Exergy Development will provide wind-generated electricity to Massachusetts utilities under power purchase agreements announced this week. Last week it was Connecticut, tapping affordable wind energy produced by EDP Renewables North America. This week, it
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First Wind to provide wind energy to Massachusetts
The two Maine wind projects selected will provide more than 330 megawatts of clean, cost-competitive energy to Massachusetts utilities and ratepayers. First Wind, an independent U.S.-based renewable energy company, today announced that through a competitive bidding process overseen by the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources, two of its planned Maine wind power projects have been … Continue reading First Wind to provide wind energy to Massachusetts
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Wind farm brings windfall for Western Mass. town
The economic impact of 13.5 MW of a 28.5-MW wind farm on the small town of Monroe (population 121) in western Massachusetts is the subject of a recent story in The Recorder, a local newspaper based in Greenfield, Mass. The Hoosac Wind Power Project, developed by Iberdrola Renewables, LLC, and consisting of 19 1.5-MW … Continue reading Wind farm brings windfall for Western Mass. town
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U.S. to Hold Sale for Offshore Wind Energy Leases
Offshore wind energy generation isn’t new in places like Europe, but it presents a new frontier in the United States. The sale will offer 164,750 acres of federal waters off the coasts of Rhode Island and Massachusetts. If that is fully developed, officials said, it could produce as much as 3,400 megawatts of electricity, enough … Continue reading U.S. to Hold Sale for Offshore Wind Energy Leases
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BOEM Releases Its EA for the Massachusetts Offshore Wind Energy Area
On Friday, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management released its Environmental Assessment for the Massachusetts outer continental shelf offshore Wind Energy Area. The EA does not permit construction of any turbines. It merely provides the basis for issuance of leases, pursuant to which the leaseholders would have the authority to perform the necessary detailed environmental and feasibility … Continue reading BOEM Releases Its EA for the Massachusetts Offshore Wind Energy Area
Continue readingSalazar Announces Onshore, Offshore Wind Power Milestones
3,000 megawatt Wyoming wind farm and Rhode Island, Massachusetts Wind Energy Area take key steps forward.
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