The developer of a proposed offshore wind project in New Jersey has signed an agreement to employ union workers for construction and operation.

Fishermen, environmentalists, labor unions and local residents broadly support the 132-MW South Fork Wind Project off Long Island.

The South Fork Wind Project will have negligible to moderate environmental impacts according to a draft environmental impact statement issued by BOEM.

Rhode Island boasts the first and only offshore wind farm in the Western Hemisphere, but it has seen its modest OSW procurement goals eclipsed by surrounding states.

The Maryland PSC approved Skipjack Offshore Energy’s decision to use fewer, larger turbines and rejecting Ocean City objections.

Stakeholders urged BOEM to approve the 800-MW Vineyard Wind offshore wind project along with the 1-nautical-mile turbine spacing advocated by developers.

Orsted is building a staging area for its 120-MW Skipjack offshore wind farm amid the rubble of what was the world's largest iron and steel mill.

New Jersey doubled its offshore wind goal, committing to 7,500 MW of generation by 2035 in hopes of being the “nexus of the global offshore wind industry.”

Orsted’s 1,100-MW Ocean Wind project won the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities’ first offshore wind power solicitation.

Offshore wind projects being developed through individual state procurements should be viewed as regional resources, panelists told a the audience of the New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable.