What if some foundations for offshore wind turbines and offshore substations could be deployed in a more cost-effective, technically advantageous and environmentally friendly way, with significantly less underwater acoustic impact?  Beacon Wind, with the approval of the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) on May 7, 2024, is currently testing a type of underwater...Read More

Construction Complete and all 12 Turbines Are Powered Up at the First U.S. Commercial-Scale Offshore Wind Farm Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) and Ørsted announced the completion of the landmark South Fork Wind project on March 14, 2024.  Now, all 12 offshore wind turbines are fully constructed and the wind farm is successfully delivering power to...Read More

Continuing the momentum to achieve deployment of 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced this week on June 6, 2022 that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will conduct an environmental review of the first proposed wind energy project in the Maryland offshore area. The...Read More

The U.S. Department of the Interior announced on November 24, 2021 that it has approved the construction and operations of the South Fork Wind project in the Rhode Island offshore. This represents the Department’s second approval of a commercial-scale, offshore wind energy project in the United States.  The previous week, U.S. Secretary of the Interior...Read More