Tag: Offshore Wind
Portsmouth Town Council approves host agreement with SouthCoast Wind
Faced with receiving $23 million or nothing, the Portsmouth Town Council begrudgingly approved an agreement that allows a Massachusetts offshore wind farm developer access...
Eversource faces up to $1.6B in impairment charges on 3 offshore...
PROVIDENCE – Eversource Energy LLC said it expects to record an impairment charge of up to $1.6 billion as talks proceed to sell its...
Vineyard Wind turbine sending power to the U.S. grid for the...
For the first time in the United States, turbines are sending electricity to the grid from the sites of two large offshore wind farms.
The...
ProvPort executes lease to develop E.P. port; Waterson Terminal pledges $35M...
EAST PROVIDENCE – More than a year after ground was broken to build a new wind turbine shipping and staging area on the city’s...
McKee on R.I.’s business climate: ‘I know we’ve made progress’
(Editor's note: This exclusive interview with Gov. Daniel J. McKee is part of a two-story package on Rhode Island's business climate that will be...
Revolution Wind project lands final federal permit
PROVIDENCE – The Revolution Wind project’s construction and operations plan earned approval Monday from the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy...
Orsted wants out of $300M forfeiture for scrapped New Jersey offshore...
OCEAN CITY, N.J. (AP) – Offshore wind power company Orsted A/S is trying to get out of a $300 million guarantee it agreed to...
Trombly named director of National Offshore Wind Institute
FALL RIVER – Jessica Trombly, who previously served in a leadership role at the New Bedford Economic Development Council, has been named director of...
Rhode Island Energy seeks proposals for additional 1,200 megawatts of offshore...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Energy on Friday issued a request for proposals to secure an additional 1,200 megawatts of offshore wind, the largest renewable...
R.I. signs first-time agreement for multistate offshore wind procurement with Mass.,...
BOSTON – Rhode Island energy officials announced Wednesday that the Ocean State has joined New England’s first multistate offshore wind memorandum of understanding with...