The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has identified a draft Wind Energy Area (WEA) offshore the Gulf of Maine holding an estimated 40 GW of capacity which will be put up for a lease sale in 2024. The Draft WEA covers approximately 3,519,067 acres offshore Maine, Massachusetts, and New Ham
Jersey’s Council of Ministers has proposed to build a 1 GW offshore wind farm in the southwest of the island’s territorial waters that would produce enough electricity to meet its needs, with the remainder to be exported. It is proposed that the offshore wind farm should be privately funded and desi
Lithuania’s Ministry of Energy has revealed that it plans to open the country’s second offshore wind tender on 15 January 2024, with the date still waiting to be approved by the Government. The country is planning two 1.4 GW offshore wind farms in the Lithuanian Baltic Sea near Palanaga. The Lithuan
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has announced the release of a new 10-Point Action Plan to expand and support the growing large-scale renewable energy industry in the state. One of the plan’s points outlines that the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) plans to launch a
The New York State Public Service Commission has denied petitions filed by a group of offshore wind developers and a state renewable energy trade association seeking financial relief for four proposed offshore wind projects and 86 land-based renewable projects. The petitions denied were submitted by
The Lithuanian National Energy Regulatory Council (NERC) has confirmed the joint venture between Ocean Winds and Ignitis Renewables as the winner of Lithuania’s first offshore wind tender after the partnership was selected in the auction in July and declared the provisional winner. Ignitis Group, th
The developer of the Pentland floating offshore wind farm, located in Scotland, has submitted an application to vary its Section 36 consent and associated marine licences. The 100 MW project is being developed by Highland Wind Limited, which is majority-owned by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (C
New Zealand power generation company Meridian Energy and Belgian offshore wind developer Parkwind have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) under which they will explore joint development of offshore wind projects in New Zealand, primarily off the Taranaki coast. In April 2022, the Belgium-bas
The Lithuanian government plans to open the country’s second offshore wind tender in January 2024 instead of this autumn, with the exact date to be announced in due course. According to a press release from Lithuania’s Ministry of Energy, the decision to push back opening the auction came after a co
California’s Governor Gavin Newsom signed two new offshore wind bills into law on 7 October. Coming into effect on 1 January 2024, the Offshore Wind Expediting Act (bill SB 286) is set to shave five years off of the offshore wind permitting timeline, while under the California Offshore Wind Advancem
The Baltic Sea has favorable conditions for the development of offshore wind farms, according to the wind speed and other hydrometeorological parameters conducted by the Spain-based EOLOS Floating LiDAR Solutions. In July last year, two buoys with specialised equipment were deployed at two predefine
BlueFloat Energy’s floating offshore wind project in Taiwan, called Winds of September, has achieved approval from Taiwan’s Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) review committee. Named after the strong winds blowing in the Hsinchu region every September, the Winds of September project is located 25
The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is preparing an offshore wind request for proposals (RFP) for release in the coming weeks. DEEP published a draft offshore wind RFP in July and is now working on its final version which will, once issued, offer up to 1,196 MW o
Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that enables the three states to employ a coordinated selection of offshore wind projects through each of their respective offshore wind energy generation solicitations. Under the MOU, the first of its kind i
