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#Offshorewind
New legislation creates offshore wind procurement...
Chris Flood
1 week ago
Joining the rest of the Mid-Atlantic states, the Delaware General Assembly passed a bill June 30...
Public airs concerns on offshore wind during July 9...
Chris Flood
1 week ago
The state conducted a public hearing July 9 on the permits needed by US Wind to connect its wind...
DNREC, US Wind host information session on state...
Chris Flood
1 month ago
In advance of a virtual public hearing in July, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and...
Attorney general: ACT violated FOIA
Ellen Driscoll
1 month ago
The Association of Coastal Towns is a public body that violated Delaware’s Freedom of Information...
DNREC sets public hearing on US Wind project
Chris Flood
1 month ago
In response to offshore wind developer US Wind continuing down a path toward construction, a slew...
Petition alleges Association of Coastal Towns...
Ellen Driscoll
2 months ago
A petition filed with the Delaware Department of Justice April 25 alleges the Association of...
Mixed reviews on bringing offshore wind cable to 3R...
Chris Flood
4 months ago
The state hosted an information session March 12 on US Wind’s proposal to connect its offshore wind...
Second wind
Jim Paterson
5 months ago
Lewes: Wait and see on US Wind money
Bill Shull
5 months ago
Lewes Mayor and City Council will wait until residents can comment before it decides whether to...
Ørsted seeks better terms for Skipjack Wind project
Chris Flood
5 months ago
For the second time in recent months, Danish power company Ørsted has announced that macroeconomic...
Dewey residents rail against US Wind offer
Ellen Driscoll
6 months ago
After much public comment lambasting a $2 million community benefit proposal extended to the Town...
Rehoboth officials table discussion on US Wind proposal
Chris Flood
6 months ago
With a final decision coming later this year from the federal government on US Wind’s proposed...
UD, DelTech offering offshore wind safety training...
Chris Flood
6 months ago
Looking to provide locals with a leg up in a market seeing national and international growth, the...
Trade wind
Jim Paterson
6 months ago
US Wind buys 140 acres of land from Indian River...
Chris Flood
6 months ago
Due to federal and state approval processes and actual construction, power company US Wind is still...
Rehoboth, Henlopen Acres talk US Wind payment proposal
Chris Flood
6 months ago
In the final days of 2023, Baltimore-based wind power company US Wind announced it was working with...
US Wind begins discussion of potential benefits with...
6 months ago
US Wind Inc. announced Dec. 29 that it has formally presented to the Delaware-based Association of...
State negotiating land lease for offshore wind farm...
Chris Flood
7 months ago
For years now, US Wind has been moving forward with the construction of two offshore wind projects...
BOEM intends to lease more wind farm area off...
Chris Flood
7 months ago
The U.S. Department of the Interior recently announced a proposal of another offshore wind lease...
Ørsted still actively developing a plan for wind...
Chris Flood
8 months ago
Danish-based power company Ørsted recently announced it is no longer pursuing wind farms off the...
Public concerned about BOEM’s public meeting on wind...
Chris Flood
8 months ago
While concerns were raised about viewshed and possible landfall locations for power lines, the...
Comments sought on wind farm’s environmental impact...
Chris Flood
9 months ago
A wind farm proposed due east of Ocean City, Md., that may come ashore at 3R’s Beach in Delaware...
Ørsted set to resume near-shore survey work this fall
Chris Flood
10 months ago
In an effort to identify the best landfall option for cables coming from its offshore wind farm,...
Wind power companies complete near-shore survey work
Chris Flood
11 months ago
US Wind, a Maryland-based power company looking to build a wind farm due east of Ocean City, Md.,...
Comments on US Wind marine mammal ‘takes’ due by June 1
Chris Flood
1 year ago
In anticipation of construction beginning in January 2025, US Wind has submitted an application to...
Excitement, concerns facing wind farm industry
Chris Flood
1 year ago
Over the course of the past few years, there have been several information sessions and public...
Discussing offshore wind and whales
Eric Burnley
1 year ago
I attended an April 12 program at the Rehoboth library that was sponsored by an offshore wind...
Experts: Vessel strikes, not wind farms, cause of...
Ellen Driscoll
1 year ago
Responsible wind farm development can be designed to mitigate effects on marine mammals while...
Head winds
Jim Paterson
1 year ago
Association of Coastal Towns weighs position on...
Ellen Driscoll
1 year ago
Preceding member discussion at the Association of Coastal Towns meeting March 2 in Dewey Beach,...
Rehoboth committee recommends support of wind farms
Chris Flood
1 year ago
For the second time in less than a month, a Rehoboth Beach committee has opined on the possibility...
BOEM proposes changes to offshore wind approval process
Chris Flood
1 year ago
Looking to facilitate the development of offshore wind energy resources to meet U.S. climate and...
Rehoboth committee has mixed feelings on wind farms
Chris Flood
1 year ago
Back in October, Rehoboth Beach hosted an offshore wind information-gathering session that included...
Federal agencies seek comments on right whale, wind...
Chris Flood
1 year ago
Two federal agencies are inviting the public to review and comment on a draft joint strategy to...
Rehoboth hosts offshore wind information-gathering...
Chris Flood
1 year ago
Like much of the mid-Atlantic coastline, the federal waters off the coast of Delaware have offshore...
Wind turbine lawsuit ruling could mean delays for...
Chris Flood
1 year ago
Representatives from the two companies looking to build wind farms off the coast of Delaware and...
US Wind set to conduct months of near-shore survey work
Chris Flood
1 year ago
This past spring, Danish-based wind power company Ørsted conducted near-shore survey work off...
Fishing impact of wind farm cables still unknown
Eric Burnley
2 years ago
Since my article last Friday, I have been contacted by folks from US Wind and
Ø
rsted with...
How will offshore wind impact local fishing?
2 years ago
There is a plan being proposed by US Wind to bring power cables from its wind farm off the coast of...
US Wind proposes wind farm landfall under 3R’s Beach
Chris Flood
2 years ago
Almost three years ago, Danish power company Ørsted introduced a proposal that would have paved the...
Wind power issues to ponder is theme of symposium
Chris Flood
2 years ago
Loss of viewshed, impacts to commercial fishing and effects on animal life were the primary...
Ørsted vessel moves in for near-shore survey work
Chris Flood
2 years ago
A large survey vessel conducting work for Ørsted has set up shop just off the coast of Delaware,...
New report suggests path forward for wind power in...
Chris Flood
2 years ago
A new report from the state and University of Delaware’s Special Initiative on Offshore Wind...
Ørsted resuming survey work for wind farm cable
Chris Flood
2 years ago
Beginning with a sonar-carrying vessel combing the floor of Indian River Bay, Ørsted has announced...
Ørsted selected to expand windfarm area off Delaware...
Chris Flood
2 years ago
The Maryland Public Service Commission announced Dec. 17 it has selected Skipjack Wind 2, an...
Ørsted continuing search for land-based connection site
Chris Flood
2 years ago
For more than a week now, a 145-foot lift boat has been off the coast of Delaware helping conduct a...
Rehoboth Beach asked to opine on future wind farms
Chris Flood
2 years ago
Rehoboth Beach officials have been approached by Ocean City, Md. Mayor Rick Meehan about taking an...
Ørsted submits bid for more wind turbines
Chris Flood
2 years ago
Despite continued delays for its first proposed wind farm off Delaware’s coast, Danish-based Ørsted...
Mike Dunmyer to lead local outreach efforts for US Wind
Chris Flood
3 years ago
US Wind, an offshore wind developer looking to build off the coast of Maryland, recently announced...
More delays for wind farm off Delaware coast
Chris Flood
3 years ago
For the second time in less than a year, and this time for much longer, Ørsted is pushing back the...
850-foot-tall turbines OK’d for Skipjack Wind Farm
Chris Flood
3 years ago
Despite public concerns over a ruined viewshed, the Maryland Public Service Commission has approved...
If not Fenwick Island State Park, then where?
Chris Flood
4 years ago
A couple of weeks ago, after months of public scrutiny, Ørsted announced it was no longer going to...
Ørsted no longer interested in Fenwick Island State...
Chris Flood
4 years ago
Citing a large portion of undisturbed wetlands, Ørsted is backing out of a proposal that would...
Survey results for Ørsted connection facility released
Chris Flood
4 years ago
The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has released the survey results...
Ørsted announces year of delay for off-shore wind...
Chris Flood
4 years ago
It’s been nearly four years since the June 2017 announcement of Skipjack Wind Farm, a 120-megawatt...
Ørsted hosts supplier day for transmission connection
Chris Flood
4 years ago
Like everyone else, Ørsted, the Danish company looking to build the proposed Skipjack Wind Farm off...
Public submits robust input on turbines
Chris Flood
4 years ago
After two month-long extensions, the state closed public comment Jan. 15 on Ørsted’s controversial...
Turbine hearing set for Ocean City Convention Center
Chris Flood
4 years ago
Roughly three weeks ago, Maryland Public Service Commission granted a request from Ocean City, Md...
Public hearing set on turbine size of ocean wind farms
Chris Flood
4 years ago
Following a request for public comment on proposed changes to the size of future wind farm turbines...
Coast Guard seeks new anchorage areas in bay, ocean
Chris Flood
4 years ago
In advance of offshore development, primarily wind power, the U.S. Coast Guard has issued a request...
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