Wind

Tugdock submersible platforms. Image courtesy of Blackfish Engineering Design Ltd.

Crowley makes another investment in offshore wind

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Plans for the Ocean Wind 1 project off New Jersey could be modified for a power export cable route across Barnegat Bay to the Oyster Creek site. BOEM graphic.

Environmental analysis for New Jersey offshore wind project completed

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The Atlantic Shores offshore wind project would build up to 200 turbines, rated at a maximum 1,510 megawatts, off Long Beach Island, N.J. BOEM graphic.

BOEM analysis considers fish habitat, visual mitigation for New Jersey wind project

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Bubble curtains, generated using large, perforated hoses and specialized air compressors, are designed to absorb and dampen sound during foundation installation. Vineyard Wind image.

Vineyard Wind, ThayerMahan partner on ‘bubble curtain’ noise mitigation

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A dead humpback whale is removed from the beach at Manasquan, N.J., before a Feb. 14 necropsy at the Monmouth County Landfill. Michael McKenna/Marine Mammal Stranding Center photo.

Poll finds whale strandings drive down New Jersey support for offshore wind

Kirk Moore

The U.S. currently lags behind other parts of the world like the UK and China in terms of installed offshore wind capacity. Ørsted photo

U.S. offshore wind market expanding rapidly, ACP report says

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A May 3 online hearing by New Jersey state Republican senators featured testimony by Jim Hutchinson Jr., editor of The Fisherman magazine (bottom left) and Meghan Wren, fisheries liaison for Seafreeze Ltd. of Rhode Island. NJ state Senate Republican offic

GOP pushes for New Jersey offshore wind moratorium

Kirk Moore

The Ørsted team visits the construction site of the first US-built service operation vessel. Ørsted photo

Orsted SOV construction update (video)

Benjamin Hayden

Captains Alex Hall, left, and Tony Alvernaz of the F/V Kathryn Marie are among New Bedford fishermen working in support roles for the Vineyard Wind project. Vineyard Wind photo.

Vineyard Wind engaging fishermen in offshore construction work

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A Delaware Bay visualization shows wind-energy lease areas (black squares); planning areas (white squares); and two vessel-traffic categories for 2021 (101-250 annual vessels, yellow, 1,500-plus vessels, red). MarineCadastre.gov graphic.

NOAA making vessel traffic data more accessible to public

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The Bureau of Offshore Energy Management published a call for information April 25 on potentially leasing offshore wind development areas on 9.8 million acres in the Gulf of Maine. BOEM graphic.

BOEM seeks comment on final Gulf of Maine offshore wind call area

Kirk Moore