Offshore Wind (OSW)
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management gave a green light for further offshore wind development in the New York Bight, issuing a final environmental assessment.
A working group of the Maine OSW Roadmap Advisory Committee made an initial recommendation to begin a phased procurement after 2024 and set an OSW target.
Con Ed has submitted a proposal for a 2.4-GW transmission “backbone” to the New Jersey BPU to bring offshore wind-generated electricity to the PJM grid.
PJM stakeholders received an update on the suspended Transource IEC transmission project at the Transmission Expansion Advisory Committee meeting.
Gov. Phil Murphy appointed Brian Lipman, a veteran litigator and senior executive at the state Division of Rate Counsel, to lead the consumer advocacy agency.
A new report from ACORE argues that industry needs to rethink the concept of resource adequacy to get more renewable energy online and decarbonize the grid.
Maine’s OSW Port Infrastructure Feasibility study evaluated the Port of Searsport and found Sears Island and Mack Point were the best options for development.
The U.S. Department of the Interior approved the construction and operations plan for the 132-MW South Fork Wind Project being built for LIPA.
NREL found that wind speeds in locations where wind projects might go on the New York side of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario average 8.5 to 9 meters/second.
The Clean Energy States Alliance urges states that get access to power from OSW to consider dedicating some of that electricity to produce “green,” hydrogen.
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