Tag: U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Newport, B.I. preservation groups sue to stop offshore wind farms, saying...
NEWPORT – Decrying what it calls the fast-tracking of hundreds of skyscraper-high structures that would dwarf the Statue of Liberty, the Preservation Society of...
As U.S. East Coast ramps up offshore wind power projects, much...
POINT PLEASANT BEACH, N.J. (AP) – As the U.S. races to build offshore wind power projects, transforming coastlines from Maine to South Carolina, much...
Fewer turbines but more conflict for Revolution Wind farm
The fishing industry and offshore wind developers are again at odds over how a mammoth array of 80-story-high wind turbines will affect ocean species,...
Revolution Wind developer to pay $3.5M to R.I. fishermen for undersea...
PROVIDENCE – Initial tensions between Rhode Island fishermen and an offshore wind developer over the project’s cable burial plan have dissipated, eased by a...
Supporters tout environmental, economic benefits of Revolution Wind at meeting
EAST GREENWICH – The offshore wind industry has not always been embraced with open arms.
But criticism was noticeably absent from a Wednesday meeting about...
Five Questions With: Tricia Jedele
Tricia Jedele | Atlantic Coast offshore wind policy manager, The Nature Conservancy
1. This is a new position for The Nature Conservancy. What does...
CRMC approves South Fork Wind Farm with fewer turbines and $5.2M...
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – State coastal regulators have signed off on the South Fork Wind Farm project, providing the number of turbines is reduced and...
Revolution Wind project moves forward with start to federal permitting review
PROVIDENCE – Plans to bring 400 megawatts of wind power to Rhode Island are advancing, with the federal agency in charge of issuing the...
First major R.I. offshore wind project faces further delays, with no...
PROVIDENCE – The 12-year saga of efforts to build a utility-scale offshore wind project off the coast of Rhode Island has been extended again,...
R.I. announces plans to develop a 600MW offshore wind farm
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is pursuing plans for another offshore wind project to add to the state’s growing renewable energy portfolio, Gov. Gina M....
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