Wind

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DNV completes first phase of safe offshore wind installation guidelines

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BOEM will offer five California OCS lease areas that total approximately 373,268 acres. BOEM graphic

BOEM to hold first offshore wind lease sale in the Pacific

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Leading Light Wind is planned for lease OCS-A 0542, about 84,000 acres obtained with a winning $645 million bid on Feb. 23, 2022, one of the largest awarded in the New York Bight offshore wind lease sale. Leading Light Wind graphic. OCS-A 0542 is located

Leading Light Wind announces fisheries liaison team for New York Bight project

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Molly Morris will take over as president of Equinor Wind US on Jan. 2023. Equinor photo.

Molly Morris named president of Equinor Wind US

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The Morro Bay Wind Energy Area covers about 276 square miles off the central California coast. BOEM graphic.

BOEM completes environmental review of California offshore wind leasing

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Developers of the Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind project in New Jersey announced Vestas is the preferred supplier with its V236-15MW turbines. Vestas image.

Atlantic Shores names Vestas as preferred turbine supplier

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Dominion turbine install June 20 2020 — The wind turbine installation vessel Vole au Vent installs the first wind turbine in U.S. federal lease waters, as part of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project, June 20, 2020. Dominion Energy photo.

Dominion Energy says performance guarantee could kill Virginia offshore wind

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Forecasts indicate that by 2050 over 200 gw of new FOWT will be in operation, equating to around 13,500 units. Damen Shipyards rendering

Damen developing vessels to support floating offshore wind turbines

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Offshore wind to be featured at the WorkBoat Show

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The FLOWIN Prize is an American-Made Challenges competition designed to accelerate the market readiness of U.S. floating offshore wind energy technologies. Image by Besiki Kazaishvili, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

DOE launches prize to boost floating offshore wind energy

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The H2theFuture proposal includes safeguards ensuring that business, procurement and training opportunities are made available to all stakeholders and communities. Ørsted image

Louisiana coalition to build offshore wind powered hydrogen energy cluster

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