Renewable Energy Magazine-Wind newsletter

Ørsted Announces Significant Expansion of Investment in Maryland

Ørsted, the global leader in offshore wind development, announced today that it has submitted a bid to the Maryland Public Service Commission to develop Skipjack Wind 2, a proposed project of up to 760 MW. The bid is in response to the Commission’s call for proposals for Round 2 offshore wind projects, through which the Commission can award at least 1,200 MW of Offshore Wind Renewable Energy Credits. The new project will power over 250,000 Delmarva homes.

US Building Trades Union and Vineyard Wind sign labour agreement for industrial-scale offshore wind project

Vineyard Wind and the Southeastern Massachusetts Building Trades Council have held a signing ceremony to commemorate the first project labour agreement for an industrial-scale offshore wind project in the United States.

URI Researchers Awarded $1.2 Million to Study Floating Offshore Wind Turbines

Offshore wind turbines with a fixed foundation built into the seafloor, like those constructed off Block Island, Rhode Island, are not economical in water more than 200 feet deep. A new system of floating turbines is now in development that would allow for electricity generation in deeper water farther offshore where winds are more favorable.

Wind power and energy storage converge in the name of circular innovation

A partnership agreement between Enel Green Power and the Swiss energy storage company Energy Vault aims to integrate the recycling of decommissioned wind turbine blades into the weights used by their innovative gravitational energy storage system.

Offshore & Floating Wind Europe 2021