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US Grid Gets First Injection of Offshore Wind Electricity

In a significant yet unheralded milestone, an offshore wind energy turbine has become the first to send power to the US grid. marking the beginning of what many hope will be a critical source of clean power for the country. Danish wind energy developer Ørsted and the utility Eversource announced on Dec 7 that the […]

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UK, German Moves To Support Offshore Wind Point To Challenges Ahead

Ørsted’s Travails World’s biggest  offshore wind energy developer- Danish firm Ørsted on November 1 this year announced ceasing developing two of its proposed offshore wind projects in the United States (US) at the cost of around £3bn in penalties. These projects were slated to come up at New Jersey off the US coast. They had […]

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UK Supports Slumping Offshore Wind Sector With 66% Hike In Auction Prices

The UK, which has been one of the largest offshore wind markets until now, has moved to limit the damage and recover lost ground after a series of offshore wind projects were threatened or cancelled. The projects in the UK, and other regions, notably the US, were all cancelled due to rising costs and maintainance […]

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EU, US Frontrunners In Offshore Wind Patents: IRENA Report

A latest joint report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the European Patent Office (EPO) claimed that patents over offshore wind technologies are on the rise globally. The report titled; Offshore Wind Energy Patent Insights Report showed that between 2002-2022 patent filings for offshore wind technologies grew on average by 18%. This growth […]

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US Five Offshore Wind Projects Can Power 1.75 million Homes: Report

The Biden-Harris administration recently approved the ‘Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind’ (CVOW) commercial project. This is the fifth approval of a commercial-scale, offshore wind energy project under President Biden’s leadership. This announcement supports the administration’s goal of deploying 30 Gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030. Some other projects approved under this are the […]

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NYSERDA Awards 1.3 GW Wind Capacity Under Community Offshore Initiative

New York has provisionally awarded a Community Offshore Wind contract worth 1.3 GW. A joint venture between RWE and National Grid Ventures, Community Offshore Wind will be developed under a phase-wise approach within Community Offshore Wind’s 3.2 GW seabed lease in the New York Bight. The seabed lease was acquired during federal bidding by the […]

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Volvo Signs Up 1 GW Offshore Wind Project to Power Ops in Sweden

Sweden-based renewable energy developer Eolus Vind AB has entered into an agreement with Volvo Car AB, under which, Eolus will supply energy to the carmaker from its 1 GW Vastvind offshore wind project. The plant, located off the coast of Gothenburg, will power Volvo’s Torslanda factory in western Sweden. The said project includes a battery […]

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Offshore Wind Could Generate 8% Of USA’s Electricity By 2050: NREL

The NREL has released a report on, “Expanded Modelling Scenarios”. which helps to understand the role of offshore wind in decarbonizing the United States. The report estimates that 20% of regional power needs could be served alongside the Atlantic coast to support offshore wind farms by 2050.  NREL is the U.S. Department of Energy’s primary […]

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