Wind

A right whale female named Fission by scientists with an unnamed juvenile male whale is shown during an aerial survey over southern New England waters in March 2023. New England Aquarium photo/NOAA research permit #25739.

NOAA experts: Listen early for whales before wind project work

Kirk Moore

The installation vessel Orion began setting the first of 62 turbine towers for the Vineyard Wind energy project off southern Massachusetts. Vineyard Wind image.

Congress looks to boost job training for offshore wind industry

Pamela Glass

The BMS 1888 provides a mobile pipe mill facility that can be scaled to meet the requirements of any specific project, anywhere on the coast. Baker Marine Solutions rendering

Baker Marine unveils new concept design for mobile pipe mill barge for offshore wind

WorkBoat Staff

The Sparrows Point Steel site in Baltimore County, Md.,was once home to Bethlehem Steel. Maritime Administration will provide a $47 million grant for upgrades to support offshore wind foundation and tower manufacturing there. Sparrows Point Steel graphic

Marad awards $47 million grant for Baltimore wind power hub

WorkBoat Staff

Map of the Nantucket Shoals region showing the wind farm lease areas and bathymetric contours (meters). The lease numbers correspond to BOEM designations. National Academy of Sciences graphic.

Offshore wind power's affect on right whales uncertain, National Academies study says

Kirk Moore

BOEM graphic

Oregon Tribes declare opposition to wind energy areas

Kirk Moore

Fallout as Ørsted unwinds Ocean Wind 1 project

Kirk Moore

offshore-wind-turbines-dong-energy — Offshore wind turbines. Dong Energy photo by MEDVIND/Bent Sørensen.

Business Network for Offshore Wind changes name to Oceantic Network

WorkBoat Staff

Ørsted’s withdrawal from wind projects shocks friends and foes

Kirk Moore

The Ocean Wind turbine array off Atlantic City, N.J. would send power ashore through two export cables, to the former BL England coal generation plant in Cape May County and north to the former Oyster Creek nuclear generating station in Ocean County. Ørst

Ørsted gives up on New Jersey wind projects

Kirk Moore

The first eight steel monopile foundations for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project arrived Oct. 19 in Portsmouth, Va. Dominion Energy photo.

Feds approve Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind; first foundations arrive

Kirk Moore