Offshore wind
The US federal government is working to stymie offshore wind power, but proponents aren’t going quietly. Armed with data, they are taking on a sea of misinformation and hostility to defend the burgeoning resource in the US, while the rest of the world moves ahead briskly.
TotalEnergies will instead invest in the Rio Grande LNG plant, upstream conventional oil development in the US Gulf of Mexico, and shale-gas production.
The project, which is owned and run by Equinor offshore New York, is more than 60% complete.
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Many hurdles for marinization of green hydrogen production already have been overcome in the offshore oil and wind sectors. A fresh set of challenges, however, will rise around developing and deploying hydrogen production facilities offshore.
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has released the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Ocean Wind 1 wind energy project offshore New Jersey, opening a 45-day period for public comment.
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Researchers from the Offshore Robotics for Certification of Assets Hub teamed with EDF Renewables to use a modified remotely operated vehicle to conduct what they say is the first autonomous underwater inspection of wind farm foundations.
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As climate change threatens reefs with bleaching, Danish energy company Ørsted is looking at growing noninvasive coral on offshore wind turbine foundations.
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The newbuild vessel will be used in partnership with Kirby Offshore Wind on the Empire wind farm off New York.
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The US BOEM will hold its second offshore wind energy auction in May and promises more will follow.
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Subsidies lapse while others take hold in a bid to bolster offshore wind energy capacity around the globe.
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The 50-MW Kincardine Offshore Windfarm is 15 km off the coast of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in water depths from 60 to 80 m.
