New Jersey’s first offshore wind project gets green light

Shell and EDF Renewables Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind joint venture this week received Construction and Operations Plan (COP) approvals from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) for its Atlantic Shores Projects 1 and 2, which combined will be New Jersey’s first offshore wind project, generating enough renewable energy to serve more than a million Garden Statehomes.

COP approval is the final approval needed from BOEM following the Department of the Interior’s issuance of its July 2024...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/offshore-wind/new-jerseys-first-offshore-wind-project-gets-green-light/

COLUMN | “More money than God” – How will the supermajors spend their bumper profits? [Offshore Accounts]

Last month, US President Joe Biden slammed ExxonMobil, complaining that the energy company made “more money than God”. “We’re gonna make sure that everybo ..

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COLUMN | Nothing’s right, I’m torn: Saipem and Sapura face a Natalie Imbruglia moment in offshore wind, as Siemens Gamesa fires its CEO! [Offshore Accounts]

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Ørsted, EDF and Shell position for New Jersey offshore wind energy

Ørsted's Godewind trubine array in the North Sea. Ørsted photo.

Denmark-based offshore wind operator Ørsted is proposing to supply the first 1,100 megawatts of offshore wind energy for New Jersey, with project backers saying it will bring new maritime jobs and manufacturing to the state.

Ørsted submitted its response Dec. 28 a bid to the New Jersey state Board of Public Utilities’ request for proposals with the plan for the Ocean Wind project, which would be built 15 miles off Atlantic City, N.J., on a lease that Ørsted (then known as DONG Energy) acquired...

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