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Despite developer objections, the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) approved power purchase agreements for the Mayflower Wind and Commonwealth Wind projects.
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According to a review by the Sun Day Campaign of data recently released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), renewable energy sources (i.e., biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind) provided almost 23% of the nation's electrical generation during the first ten months of 2022.
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Taiwan’s Bureau of Energy has released the updated offshore wind farm allocations for round 3.1. A total of 3GW were allocated in 7 wind farms, not 10 as previously announced.
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The Finnish Government has published its law proposal (HE 320/2022 vp) for a temporary windfall tax on the electricity sector. The proposal intends to implement EU’s Council Regulation 2022/1854 on revenue cap and solidarity contribution as an emergency intervention to address high energy prices.
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The Irish Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications Eamon Ryan TD, has issued Maritime Area Consents (MACs) to the first phase of seven offshore renewable energy projects.
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The UK has signed an MoU with North Seas Energy Cooperation (NSEC) members and the European Commission to re-engage with the NSEC. The NSEC facilitates the coordinated development of offshore wind and offshore grids in the North Sea, the Irish Sea and the Celtic Sea.
- Gippsland the first area declared for offshore renewables in Australia
- Six offshore wind power developers win bids in an auction in Taiwan
- UK Government unveils details of next year’s auction for Contracts for Difference
- EBRD supports Greece with legal framework for offshore wind development
- WAB e.V. and Team Norway deepen offshore wind and hydrogen collaboration
- Tamil Nadu Wind Energy Roadmap launched
- Winners of California offshore wind energy auction announced
- US agencies aim to mitigate offshore wind development impacts
- France launches two new offshore wind tenders
- The first-ever California offshore wind lease sale
- EU determined to secure its clean energy industrial base
- The United Kingdom may lift the de facto ban on onshore wind development.
- Increasing cost pressures and design flaws undermine Spanish auction
- India publishes draft tender for the development of 4GW of offshore wind
- The profitability of offshore wind in the Netherlands by 2030 is not self-evident
- BOEM identifies draft wind energy areas in the Central Atlantic
- Worldwide wind power boom continues in 2022
- Global floating wind set to miss 2030 targets according to new report
- Europe’s latest offshore auction mainly using non-price criteria is a success
- Nine new countries sign up for Global Offshore Wind Alliance
- IRENA report warns world of untapped renewable energy potential
- Europe takes emergency measures to remove permitting bottlenecks for renewables
- Accelerated development needed to reach offshore wind net zero targets
- Germany to accelerate offshore wind expansion
- Utility scale clean power installation in the USA down 18%
- Low wind turbine orders call for step change in Europe’s energy security strategy
- BOEM designates two wind energy areas in Gulf of Mexico
- World Energy Outlook 2022 shows the global energy crisis can be a historic turning point
- Electrical generation by renewable sources grew by 17.5% during past year in the USA
- WFO launches new offshore wind to hydrogen committee