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Tag: Offshore

Biden administration plans to tee up offshore wind across the nation’s coastlines

The Biden administration plans to boost offshore wind power, announcing up to 12 opportunities for industry to bid on opportunities to build wind turbines in U.S. oceans over the next five years. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is scheduled to announce the lease sale at a conference in New Orleans. Lease sales are an opportunity for […]

Hundreds of Local Jobs Vanish as New York Offshore Wind Projects Canceled

People hoping for jobs assembling offshore wind turbine engines and blades in New York’s Koeymans Harbor are out of luck. Former state and corporate executive Said There could have been about 870 high-paying jobs on site. times union It was reported on Monday. The work was to include assembly of engines and blades manufactured by […]

3 Blue State Offshore Wind Projects Scrapped In Blow To Biden’s Green Agenda

Three New York offshore wind projects were canceled Friday in the latest sign of trouble for the stumbling industry and President Joe Biden’s green energy agenda, according to Politico. The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), the agency that handles offshore wind contracts, disclosed Friday that it could not finalize power purchase […]

JACKSON: Can California Really Power 25 Million Homes Via Offshore Wind Farms By 2045?

There are currently no offshore wind turbines in California. To build enough of an uncontroversial experiment, the state will need to do something it hasn’t done in decades: complete a major public works project. The 20th century “we make it” mentality of the nation continues to clash violently with 21st century reality. There, grand plans […]

Feds select large stretch of New England coast for offshore wind development

The federal government on Friday designated a vast area of ​​water off the coast of New England for offshore wind energy development. According to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the development designation “avoids critical areas for lobster fishing, North Atlantic right whale habitat, and other important fishing grounds and habitat.” Democratic Maine Gov. Janet […]

US’s first large offshore wind farm officially opens in New York with more to come

America’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm has officially opened, marking a long-awaited moment that paves the way for a series of large-scale wind farms. Danish wind energy developer Ørsted and utility company Eversource have built a 12-turbine wind farm called South Fork Wind 35 miles (56 kilometers) east of Montauk Point, New York. New York […]

Green groups to petition Biden for cleanup rules for offshore oil infrastructure

A coalition of environmental advocacy groups plans to petition the Biden administration to propose rules that would require stricter enforcement of cleaning up infrastructure left behind by offshore drilling. effort follow the report The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office found that more than 2,700 idle oil wells and more than 500 platforms in the Gulf of […]

Biden admin hit with legal challenge over historic restrictions on offshore oil drilling

The nation’s largest fossil fuel industry association has filed a legal challenge against the Biden administration over its offshore oil and gas leasing program, which includes the lowest number of lease sales in U.S. history. The American Petroleum Institute (API) on Monday argued that the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) plan to restrict future offshore […]