The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) informed Vineyard Wind that it had waived a financial assurance for decommissioning costs fee in a June 15, 2021, letter obtained by watchdog group Protect the Public's Trust (PPT). Federal …

City leaders announced this week that they met with Avangrid officials to inform them there is not support for the Sandbridge landing, given the amount of community pushback. Members of the Sandbridge Civic League have vehemently opposed …

A proposed 100-turbine wind farm in Tasmania has permission to operate year-round after a decision to limit operations to protect a critically endangered parrot was overturned. The $1 billion-plus project on Robbins Island in Bass Strait …

Federal regulators approved the construction and operation of two offshore wind facilities this week, projects that would power between 700,000 and 1 million New York homes and be built off Long Branch and Long Island. Empire Wind would …

Washington’s return from Thanksgiving break will feature another go-round on whether to provide vital aid to Israel and Ukraine, and how to pay for it. Here’s a thought: Ask Jigar Shah for a couple hundred billion. He’s got that and more—a…

Large wind farms to power a proposed green hydrogen plant in Point Tupper, N.S., have not been built yet, but they're already generating allegations of threats and vandalism in Colchester County, where the turbines are expected to be …

“It is clear that Ørsted has abandoned the development of Ocean Wind 1 and Ocean Wind 2, but it is also clear that they believe that they can sell their lease and their state and federal permits,” said Donohue. “For Ørsted to break every …

A giant Jan De Nul vessel that installed the first GE Haliade-X 13MW turbines at the world’s biggest offshore wind project is already struggling with ballooning future machine scales just a year after being built, said the company’s …

Offshore wind projects that want to win a Government contract next year will be allowed to bid up to £73 per megawatt hour (MWh) to supply power, compared with this year’s maximum of £44. The Government said the change was necessary after …

A year after passage of the largest climate change legislation in US history, meant to touch off a boom in US clean energy development, economic realities are fraying President Joe Biden’s agenda. Soaring financing and materials costs, …

Consultation has been taking place over plans for the overhead line to connect to a proposed new wind farm near Llanerfyl to the National Grid via Lower Frankton. Developers say Mid Wales does not have the capacity to connect new …

Rumors and gossip can create anger, fear and division within a community, says Joni Thadani, Shawnee County's planning director. The county's government is consequently trying to prevent that by working proactively in an orderly manner to …

Off-shore wind developer Avangrid received tentative state approval to land power transmission cables for its Park City Wind project under Craigville Beach, in a Thanksgiving eve decision that has angered some Barnstable residents. "I …

And now there is fierce global debate about whether another factor could be at play in such incidents: offshore wind farms – a controversy that has set the passionately pursued ‘green’ agendas of renewable energy activists and …

Over 50 years, Eric and Rebecca Rolfson have created a rural oasis in this central Maine farming community. On 123 acres, they have hand-built a log cabin and renovated a 200- year-old family farmhouse. They have created a maple syrup …

The Southeast Lighthouse Foundation (SELF), which owns and manages Block Island’s most iconic historic structure and New England’s highest lighthouse, appealed the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)’s permitting decisions for two of …

"The appeals detail how the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) failed to comply with the heightened levels of review required under the National Environmental Policy Act and the National Historic Preservation Act. BOEM improperly …

DiSibio, who is also on the board of ACK4Whales, said it was puzzling to her that something like topless beaches was a major topic of public debate, but comparatively the good neighbor agreement happened behind closed doors. “The …