Offshore

Investigators conducted a Jan. 15 necropsy on a humpback whale that washed ashore at Brigantine, N.J. Preliminary findings showed the whale was struck by a vessel, according to the Marine Mammal Stranding Center. MMSC photo.

Offshore wind opponents target ‘incidental take’ of whales

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Artist’s impression of an offshore substation platform for the Empire Wind offshore wind project. Equinor image.

Offshore wind contracts with Empire Wind 2 cancelled

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Professional mariners deploy equipment used for shark research on NOAA ship Oregon II. NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations/ENS Justin Weeks photo

NOAA to hold mariner hiring events in Alabama and Louisiana in January

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Developers of the Vineyard Wind 1 project said one of their turbines delivered electricity onshore to Massachusetts for the first time Jan. 2. Vineyard Wind image.

First power from Vineyard Wind, as Empire Wind 2 agreement is cancelled

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Vineyard Wind's GE Haliade-X components transported via a Foss barge from New Bedford, Mass. Vineyard Wind photo

Top 10 2023 News Story: Economic headwinds for offshore wind

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Students at the Brown University Climate and Development Lab created a map of the "anti-offshore wind network" opposing U.S. wind energy projects. Brown University/CDL graphic.

Brown University researchers ‘map’ anti-offshore wind movement

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Shell photo

Gulf lease sale high bids total over $382 million

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The Sparrows Point Steel site in Baltimore County, Md., was once home to Bethlehem Steel. The Maritime Administration will provide a $47 million grant for upgrades to support offshore wind foundation and tower manufacturing there. Sparrows Point Steel graphic

Biden administration still committed to offshore wind in the Central Atlantic

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A final environmental assessment for the Sunrise Wind energy project recommends reducing the number of turbines to protect cod habitat and avoid seafloor geology resistant to pile driving. BOEM graphic.

BOEM completes Sunrise Wind review, announces new Atlantic lease offers

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Great Lakes Dredge & Dock is building the first U.S.-flagged Jones Act-compliant, inclined fallpipe vessel for subsea rock installation. The 461'x112' vessel will service the U.S. offshore wind energy industry. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock rendering

Great Lakes Dredge awarded third wind rock installation contract

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The first of 12 turbines to be built at the South Fork Wind site 35 miles off Long Island, N.Y., began delivering power Dec. 6. Ørsted video image.

First power from South Fork Wind project off New York

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A right whale female named Fission by scientists with an unnamed juvenile male whale is shown during an aerial survey over southern New England waters in March 2023. New England Aquarium photo/NOAA research permit #25739.

NOAA experts: Listen early for whales before wind project work

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Deepwater-Platform-GOM-Exxon — An ExxonMobil Gulf of Mexico deepwater platform. ExxonMobil photo

Gulf oil and gas lease sale rescheduled again

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