New York Governor Kathy Hochul has confirmed the finalisation of new contracts for Empire Wind 1, a planned 810MW project developed by Equinor, and Sunrise Wind, a planned 924MW project developed by Ørsted and Eversource, as the result of New York’s fourth offshore wind solicitation. The two...
NYSERDA (New York State Energy Research and Development Authority) has finalized new purchase and sales agreements for the energy produced by two major offshore wind projects:
Both projects had previously been awarded contracts by NYSERDA in 2019, but had been put in doubt when, last October, the New York State Public Service Commission denied...
America’s offshore wind energy supply chain marked a major milestone Saturday, when ECO Edison, the first-ever American-built, owned, and crewed offshore wind service operations vessel (SOV), was christened in the Port of New Orleans.
U.S. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R.-La.) and Rep. Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D.-La.) joined senior executives from Ørsted and Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) at events to celebrate the completion of the SOV, that included its official christening by Jennifer...
https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/video-eco-edison-christened-in-new-orleans/
Yesterday the Sunrise Wind project received its Record of Decision (ROD) from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), crossing a critical milestone in the federal environmental review process. The ROD formally concludes the agency’s National Environmental Policy Act review process and precedes the anticipated approval of Sunrise Wind’s Construction and Operations Plan (COP), expected this summer. Marking a business milestone, developers Ørsted and Eversource reported that they had jointly...
https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/offshore-wind/sunrise-wind-passes-two-new-milestones/
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul looks to have notched up two more successes in her efforts to get New York State offshore wind back on track. Today she announced that the state has conditionally awarded two offshore wind projects from its fourth offshore wind solicitation: Empire Wind 1, (developed by Equinor) and Sunrise Wind (developed by Ørsted and Eversource).
“I promised to make New York a place for the renewable energy industry to do business, and we are delivering on that promise,” Governor...
At the end of the day, electricity generated from offshore wind has to be paid for from consumers’ electricity bills. When those rates aren’t high enough to justify the huge investment required to get an offshore wind farm up and running, developers walk away as underscored by BOEM’s failed Texas offshore wind lease auction and the U.K.’s failed contracts for difference auction. Those were auctions for new wind farms. Now, following a New York State Public Service Commission ruling, some...
Danish and UK drilling specialists have been awarded new contracts and extensions covering drilling and well intervention in South America and the Asia-Pacific as well as ..
Fugro has mobilised two vessels off the coast of New York to perform a large-scale site characterisation programme for Sunrise Wind, an offshore wind project by Ørsted ..