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California’s Offshore Wind Strategy Is Coming Into Focus

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California currently deploys almost 35 GW of renewable energy but expects another 148 GW of renewables will be needed to meet the state’s overarching 2045 clean energy goals. To fill this gap, California expects offshore wind...more

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Renewable Energy Update 5.07.24

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Governor Gavin Newsom said on April 25 that California continued to rapidly add the battery storage that is crucial to the transition to cleaner energy, but admitted it was still not enough to avoid blackouts during heat...more

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Renewable Energy Update 10.26.23

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New York State announced this week what it is calling the largest state investment in renewable energy with the conditional awards including three of the country’s largest proposed offshore wind farms as well as 22 land-based...more

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New Jersey Delays Its Next Offshore Wind Solicitation for Transmission Planning

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The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) announced that its third solicitation with a capacity target of 1,200 megawatts for New Jersey’s offshore wind (OSW) development will now be released by January 2023, instead...more

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Offshore Wind Overview: Economic Growth Opportunity and Environmental, Permitting and Financing Challenges

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Few industries have the growth potential to match that of the offshore wind industry. A March 2020 report by the American Wind Energy Association found that by 2030, the US offshore wind industry is expected to account for: ...more

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OSW’s Loss of Capacity Payments Under FERC’s Recent PJM Order

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On December 19, 2019, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) gobsmacked the renewables industry by issuing an order that makes it nearly impossible for most new renewable energy projects in the PJM system to sell...more

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New Jersey Enacts Bill Authorizing Solicitation of Open Access Transmission Facilities

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In November 2019, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy issued Executive Order 92 increasing the state’s offshore wind generation goal from 3,500 MW by 2030 to 7,500 MW by 2035....more

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New Jersey Issues Largest-Ever Solicitation for Offshore Wind

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New Jersey continues to up the ante in states’ commitments to developing offshore wind. When he ran for office, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy promised to promote the deployment of 3,500 megawatts (MW) of wind energy...more

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Major Offshore Wind Projects Advance in Massachusetts and Rhode Island

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Commercial-scale offshore wind power may soon become a reality in New England. On May 23, Massachusetts electric distribution companies selected Vineyard Wind, a subsidiary of Avangrid Renewables, LLC, as the preferred...more

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Draft Released of Highly Anticipated Massachusetts Energy Bill

This week a draft of the long-awaited Massachusetts energy bill was reported out of the Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. The bill would require the Commonwealth’s distribution companies to...more

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