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
4/13/2022
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Electric Generation Suppliers ,
Electricity ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Projects ,
Infrastructure ,
Offshore Wind ,
Public Utility ,
Renewable Energy ,
Transmission Grid ,
Wind Power
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 February 1, 2022, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards’ Climate Initiatives Task Force submitted its 177-page Climate Action Plan, which proposes a goal of 5 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind (OSW) power generation by 2035...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
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
1/7/2022
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Clean Energy ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Projects ,
Infrastructure ,
New York ,
Offshore Wind ,
Power Infrastructure ,
Renewable Energy ,
Transmission Grid ,
Wind Power
When I think about transformations in the energy industry, I often think of the great inventor Thomas Edison, who was not only responsible for hundreds of important inventions but who also set the stage for a breakthrough...more
7/16/2021
/ Biden Administration ,
Carbon Capture and Sequestration ,
Charging Stations ,
Clean Energy ,
Climate Change ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cybersecurity ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Green Deal ,
Hydrogen Power ,
Imports ,
Offshore Wind ,
Renewable Energy ,
Silica ,
Supply Chain ,
Tax Credits ,
Withhold Release Orders (WROs)
On June 9, 2021, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper issued Executive Order 218 (NC EO), which targets 2.8 GW of offshore wind (OSW) by 2030 and 8 GW by 2040 and anticipates the creation of 600,000 related jobs and an annual...more
6/14/2021
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Clean Energy ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Projects ,
Executive Orders ,
Job Creation ,
Offshore Wind ,
Power Grid ,
Power Infrastructure ,
Renewable Energy ,
Wind Power
On June 8, 2021, the Department of the Interior (DOI) announced that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) intends to issue a request for information (RFI) to assess interest in potential offshore wind development in...more
6/11/2021
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Clean Energy ,
Department of the Interior ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Projects ,
Gulf of Mexico ,
Infrastructure ,
Offshore Wind ,
Renewable Energy ,
Request For Information ,
Tribal Governments ,
Tribal Lands ,
Wind Power
In a letter dated June 4, 2021, the governors of Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Virginia commended the Biden administration for its recently announced...more
6/8/2021
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BOEM ,
Clean Energy ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Projects ,
Infrastructure ,
Offshore Wind ,
Renewable Energy ,
State and Local Government ,
Transmission Grid ,
Wind Power
The energy industry continues to evolve as sectors converge and as demand, supply and consumer preferences change. The global economy is shifting to lower-carbon sources of energy, coinciding with (or resulting from) a...more
3/16/2021
/ Biofuel ,
Biomass ,
Carbon Capture and Sequestration ,
Clean Energy ,
Climate Change ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Reform ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Oil & Gas ,
Renewable Energy ,
Wind Power