Tag: Vineyard Wind
Trump order a risk for wind hub
President Donald Trump’s executive order to temporarily stop the sale of offshore wind leases in federal waters is threatening the plans of local and...
Plant workers suspended, terminated after broken wind turbine incident
PROVIDENCE – Some employees at a plant in Canada have been either suspended or fired following an investigation into why a turbine in the...
Vineyard Wind to remove already installed blades, strengthen others
Vineyard Wind early Wednesday morning revealed that it has been given approval to resume installation of turbine blades after certain conditions are met, including...
SEC filing of the week: Avangrid shareholders approve $2.55B takeover bid
PROVIDENCE – A Connecticut-based energy company that owns a pair of offshore wind farms in New England has accepted a $2.55 billion takeover bid.
In...
Biggest problem facing offshore wind energy isn’t broken blades. It’s public...
Jim Boyd’s heart sank the first time he saw the now-infamous image of a fractured wind turbine blade dangling above the Atlantic Ocean.
Not because...
Will Mass. wind farm’s blade failure affect Revolution Wind?
As crews continue to clean up debris from a destroyed turbine blade at a Massachusetts wind farm and a federal agency investigates what went...
SCOTUS weakens federal regulators, overturning decades-old Chevron decision
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court on Friday upended a 40-year-old decision that made it easier for the federal government to regulate the environment,...
SupplyRI announces new offshore wind partnerships
PROVIDENCE – Two offshore wind companies will join SupplyRI as new procurers, R.I. Commerce Corp. announced last week.
As program “anchors,” Vineyard Offshore and Avangrid...
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...
N.B. protest pauses work on Vineyard Wind project
NEW BEDFORD – Work on a highly touted wind farm project off the Massachusetts coast was shut down because of a protest over diversity...