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America's first commercial-scale offshore wind farm is officially open, a long-awaited moment that helps pave the way for a succession of large wind farms. The Biden administration has approved six commercial-scale offshore wind energy projects, and auctioned lease areas for offshore wind for the first time off the Pacific and Gulf of Mexico coasts. Ørsted CEO Mads Nipper called the opening a major milestone that proves large offshore wind farms can be built, both in the United States and in other countries with little or no offshore wind energy currently. The first U.S. offshore wind farm was supposed to be a project off the coast of Massachusetts known as Cape Wind. The nation's second large offshore wind farm, Vineyard Wind, is expected to open later this year off the coast of Massachusetts, too.

Persons: Ørsted, Kathy Hochul, Deb Haaland, Biden, Hochul, “, ” Hochul, Eversource, Mads Nipper, Equinor, David Hardy, Ørsted . Ørsted, It’s, it’s, Haaland Organizations: Montauk Point , New York . New York Gov, . New York, Fork, Associated Press, Ørsted ., DONG Energy, Danish Oil, Gas, Industry, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners Locations: Montauk Point , New York ., Gulf of Mexico, . New, York, Rhode Island, Long, United States, New York, Norwegian, Denmark, Germany, U.S, Massachusetts, Avangrid, Copenhagen, AP.org

In total, the cancellations equate to nearly one-fifth of President Joe Biden’s goal of 30 gigawatts of offshore wind power by 2030. Despite the setbacks, offshore wind continues to move forward, the White House said, citing recent investments by New York state and approval by the Interior Department of the nation’s largest planned offshore wind farm in Virginia. Hardy spoke at the American Clean Power industry group’s offshore wind conference in Boston last month on a panel with Morris. Phil Murphy, has established increasingly stringent clean energy goals, moving from 100% clean energy by 2050 to 100% by 2035. “Offshore wind is a lot bigger than Ørsted.”The first U.S. commercial-scale offshore wind farms are currently under construction: Vineyard Wind off Massachusetts and South Fork Wind off Rhode Island and New York.

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☆ New England states join to buy offshore wind power as US industry struggles
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

By joining forces, the states hope to counter the pain rippling across the nascent U.S. offshore wind industry, which is expected to play a key part in decarbonizing the power sector and revitalizing domestic manufacturing. The three states will seek multi-state offshore wind proposals for selection in 2024 for up to 6,000 megawatts (MW) of power. “One year ago, Avangrid was the first offshore wind developer in the United States to make public the unprecedented economic headwinds facing the industry," Avangrid said in a release. Avangrid has said it planned to rebid the Park City project in future offshore wind solicitations. Those Massachusetts power companies include units of Eversource Energy (ES.N), National Grid (NG.L) and Unitil (UTL.N).

Persons: Brian Snyder, Maura Healey, Avangrid, France's, Scott DiSavino, Aurora Ellis Organizations: REUTERS, American, Offshore WINDPOWER Conference, Eversource Energy, Grid, Shell, Thomson Locations: Rhode, U.S, New England, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut, Connecticut, Boston, Park City, United States, Park

(AP) — Hurricane Lee looks poised to wallop New England later this week even as the region still deals with the impact of days of wild weather that produced torrential rain, flooding, sinkholes and a likely tornado. Areas from Watch Hill, Rhode Island, to Stonington, Maine — including Block Island, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket — are under a tropical storm watch. The National Weather Service in Boston said radar data and videos showed it was likely that a tornado damaged trees and power lines in Rhode Island and Connecticut on Wednesday. Heavy rain turned his swimming pool into a mud pit and filled his basement with 3 feet (91 centimeters) of water. In Providence, Rhode Island, downpours flooded a parking lot and parts of a shopping mall.

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