Wind

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued its final record of decision for Vineyard Wind (blue crosshatched area), an 800-megawatt project to be built 15 nautical miles off Martha's Vineyard, Mass. BOEM graphic.

BOEM reviewing Vineyard Wind construction and operations plan

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Workboat + Wind Volume 2

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Red knots and horseshoe crabs on a Delaware Bay beach at Mispillion Harbor, Del., in 2019. Photo by Gregory Breese/U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.

Offshore wind developers fund shorebird study

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The new product utilizes a trussed rack fitted to the transom of a relatively small self-elevating vessel. Friede & Goldman rendering

Friede & Goldman offers feeder solution to offshore wind turbine installation

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BOEM officials say a new partnership with the Army Corps of Engineers will speed the review of offshore wind energy projects, including the planned Kitty Hawk turbine array off North Carolina. BOEM map.

BOEM, Corps of Engineers team up to speed offshore wind planning

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The Fisheries Survival Fund representing scallop fishermen urged BOEM to change its plans to offer offshore wind leases near important scallop habitat. Mid-Atlantic Ocean Data Portal image.

BOEM to offer New York Bight wind leases; scallop fishermen urge delay

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Potential offshore wind foundations. Department of Energy image

Interior Department to look at offshore wind in the U.S. Gulf

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University of Massachusetts researchers are using fisheries surveys in a first study to assess effects when the Vineyard Wind offshore energy project is built. Vineyard Wind image.

Vineyard Wind fisheries study to assess effect of offshore turbines

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Together, the consortium will develop and administer geographically scalable wind energy training through the creation of Global Wind Organization (GWO) satellite facilities. RelyOn Nutec photo

Crowley partners to launch wind training courses across the U.S.

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The GustoMSC NG-16000X-SJ offshore wind turbine installation jack-up vessel design for Dominion Energy will be constructed by Keppel AmFELS . It is the first Jones Act-compliant vessel of its kind. GustoMSC rendering — The GustoMSC NG-16000X-SJ offshore wind turbine installation jack-up vessel design for Dominion Energy will be constructed by Keppel AmFELS. It is the first Jones Act-compliant vessel of its kind. GustoMSC rendering

Dominion to charter out first Jones Act offshore WTIV in the U.S.

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Recreational fishing around the Block Island Wind Farm off Rhode Island. Ørsted says the five-turbine pilot project has shown wind turbine projects can be an "enhanced fishing destination." Ørsted photo.

American Clean Power weighs in on California offshore wind announcement

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