The Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) approved a key permit allowing SouthCoast Wind to lay transmission cables in Rhode Island state waters, over the objections of the fishing industry advisory panel, which voted against a $1 million compensation … Continued
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), on behalf of the Offshore Wind Environmental Technical Working Group (E-TWG) and the Fisheries Technical Working Group (F-TWG), hosted the 2026 State of the Science Workshop on Offshore Energy, Wildlife, … Continued
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) approved a mutual agreement to terminate the State Agreement Approach (SAA) agreement with PJM Interconnection (PJM), the regional transmission organization, effectively ending the coordinated offshore wind transmission planning framework that had been … Continued
The first wind turbine was successfully installed at the Sunrise Wind project site offshore New York. The project, which will consist of 84 Siemens Gamesa 8-megawatt (MW) wind turbines once fully constructed, is located approximately 30 miles east of Montauk … Continued
Green Oceans, a Rhode Island-based organization, along with a coalition of plaintiffs including the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head–Aquinnah, the Narragansett Indian Tribes, commercial fishermen, and coastal stakeholders, filed a new federal lawsuit in the United States District Court for … Continued
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on the use of U.S.-flagged and foreign-flagged vessels in offshore wind projects and the extent to which offshore wind development has spurred investment in the U.S. maritime industry. The report, requested … Continued
Researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) published a study examining whether underwater noise from offshore wind farm construction affects the physiology and behavior of the American lobster (Homarus americanus). The research used SoundTraps deployed by commercial lobster fishers … Continued
Electricity from wind turbines standing 27 to 44 miles off Virginia Beach, Virginia, reached the electric grid for the first time on March 23, 2026, marking a major milestone for Dominion Energy’s 2.6-gigawatt (GW) Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind-Commercial (CVOW-C) project. … Continued
Construction is complete on Vineyard Wind 1, the nation’s first commercial-scale offshore wind project, located approximately 15 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard and southwest of Nantucket, Massachusetts. The 806-megawatt (MW) project, a joint venture of Avangrid and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, … Continued
Revolution Wind, a 704-megawatt (MW) offshore wind farm located off the coast of Rhode Island and Connecticut, began delivering power to the New England electric grid on March 14, 2026. The project, a 50/50 joint venture between Global Infrastructure Partners’ … Continued