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An article about offshore wind projects and some of the unique issues specific to the delivery of this type of project that are not typically addressed by existing standard form contracts. Originally published in PLC...more
The Japanese government released the results of the "Round 2" offshore wind auctions. Three separate consortia were announced the winners of three areas. Eyes are now on "Round 3" auctions in 2024. “Round 2” Auctions - ...more
BOEM held its first-ever auction for wind energy lease areas in the Gulf of Mexico on August 29, 2023. The three lease areas up for auction covered a combined 301,746 acres off the coast of Lake Charles, Louisiana, and...more
The auction: First of its kind for five West Coast offshore lease areas - The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), completed its first west coast offshore wind lease auction on Wednesday.1 The auction covered...more
Offshore wind is in high demand, as evidenced by the US$4.37 billion in winning bids generated in the recent federal government auction of lease blocks in the New York Bight. On a per-acre basis, the provisional winners were...more
From February 23–25, 2022, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) held a competitive auction for six lease areas in the New York Bight area off the coast of New York (NY) and New Jersey (NJ). After the first day of the...more
On January 12, 2022, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced that it will hold a competitive auction for six lease areas (totaling roughly 488,000 acres) in the New York Bight area, which is off the coast of...more
On January 5, 2022, as part of the 2022 State of the State, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced new investments and a plan to advance offshore wind energy development off the coast of New York. Governor Hochul announced...more
There have not been any auctions for offshore wind projects in Germany since 2018. Recently, the Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) called for the 2021 auction round. It is the first of its kind auction based on the...more
Following the House of Representatives discussion and approval of the draft Amendment of the Electricity Industry Law proposed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on February 1, 2021 (the “Amendment”), on March 03, 2021,...more
1. Japan Preparing for Its First Offshore Wind Auction under the New Act - (1) Implementation of Offshore Renewable Energy Act As we reported in our Renewable Alert Letter 40, the Act of Promoting Utilization of Sea Areas...more
On January 31, 2019 the Mexican power regulatory entity - Centro Nacional de Control de Energia (“Cenace”) cancelled the fourth public bid for the purchase and sale of clean energy, capacity and clean energy certificates...more
This alert summarizes the outcome of the Third Joint Meeting and the future direction of discussion surrounding the selection of business operators for the promotion zones based on the proposal shared by the Secretariat of...more
On March 9, 2018, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), in a split decision, approved ISO-New England Inc.’s (ISO-NE) proposed tariff revisions to accommodate entry of additional clean energy resources into the...more
On May 8, 2017, the National Center of Energy Control (Centro Nacional de Control de Energía, or "CENACE") and the Mexican Ministry of Energy (Secretaría de Energía, or "SENER") published the tender documents and requirements...more
Mexico's National Center for Energy Control (CENACE) on May 13, 2016, published the Bidding Guidelines for the second long-term power auction (SLP) in Mexico, seeking to award power purchase agreements (PPA) to clean energy...more
Mexico's National Center for Energy Control (CENACE) on April 29, 2016, published its call to bid for the second long-term power auction in Mexico, seeking to award power purchase agreements (PPAs) of 15 to 20 years,...more
Mexico's National Center for Energy Control (CENACE) launched the first long-term power auction in the country's history in November 2015. The auction was mainly targeted to clean energy producers, with 73 percent of the...more
In an unexpected about face, BP has canceled the auction of its interest in 16 North American wind farms, a 2,600 MW portfolio valued by some at $1.5 billion. BP’s intent to spin off its wind assets was first announced in...more