President Donald Trump used his first day in office to slam the brakes on the renewable energy industry, issuing an executive order to temporarily halt federal leasing, permitting and approval of ...

Also this week, two vessels are due in the waters off Smith Point as crews begin horizontal drilling under the beach.

Bristol Community College has started training people to work in offshore wind farms. But will it have a place under ...

Mayor Jon Mitchell said the offshore wind industry is here to stay during his state-of-the-city address Wednesday at New Bedford High School.

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey remains committed to offshore wind development, emphasizing its importance for jobs, the economy, climate goals, and energy independence. Company spokesman Craig ...

Massachusetts and New York, Iberdrola said. Avangrid won two offshore wind lease areas in the Gulf of Maine last year. OCS-A 0564 spans 98,565 acres while OCS-A 0568 covers 124,897 acres ...

"America's offshore wind resources are big enough to produce more electricity than the nation currently consumes." New US offshore wind project with enough energy to power 840,000 homes is approved: ...

Conventional offshore wind farms were pioneered in Europe in the 1990s and feature towers sunk into shallow seabeds. Today they are being built along the U.S. East Coast, from Massachusetts to ...

The Jan. 21 executive order bans future federal offshore wind site leasing on the U.S ... site preparation and training. “Our project will deliver a massive amount of new electricity directly ...

On Monday, newly sworn-in President Trump issued an executive order to pause federal approval of all offshore wind leases and permits. That means some projects off the Massachusetts coast ...

Prysmian was planning to build a $250 million manufacturing plant of subsea cables, which are used in offshore wind development. Prysmian, which spent several years acquiring the proper permits to ...

A national moratorium on offshore wind leasing and permitting may have only limited effects in Massachusetts and other New England states, according to several wind industry observers. Their ...