Offshore Wind

For Immediate Release:  Friday, December 13, 2019 Contact:  Justin Williams, (202) 465-8464, jwilliams@nullnoia.org One Year Later: Offshore Massachusetts Wind Auction The U.S. Needs a Regular and Predictable Offshore Wind Lease Auction Schedule Washington, D.C. – National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) President Erik G. Milito issued […]

For Immediate Release:  Tuesday, November 19, 2019 Contact:  Justin Williams, (202) 465-8464, jwilliams@nullnoia.org Offshore Wind Uniform Layout Proposal Shows Community Collaboration and Leadership Washington, D.C. – National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) President Erik G. Milito issued the following statement after the five New England offshore […]

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — In a few years’ time, offshore wind could power the slot machines at this beachside gambling town. Driving the news: As I reported for this week's "Axios on HBO," Danish company Ørsted, the world’s largest developer of this kind of energy, is […]

Bloomberg | Jennifer A Dlouhy | October 1, 2019 For years, the mighty wind blowing off the Massachusetts coast has beckoned developers with visions of clean, emission-free electricity. The latest to be seduced, Vineyard Wind LLC, aims to install 84 Statute of Liberty-size turbines about 15 […]

Houston Chronicle | L.M. Sixel | October 1, 2019 Mayflower Wind, a joint venture between Shell New Energies US and EDPR Offshore North America, announced Monday it submitted bids to state officials in Connecticut to develop and build an offshore wind farm about 20 miles […]

Newbury Port News | September 2, 2019 An important piece of the energy future of Massachusetts and New England lies somewhere in the water south of Martha’s Vineyard, and it’s up to federal officials who’ve slowed its progress to make sure the opportunity doesn’t slip […]

For Immediate Release: Friday, August 9, 2019 Contact: Nicolette Nye, (202) 465-8463,  nnye@nullnoia.org Extension of Vineyard Wind Environmental Review is Disappointing  Washington, D.C. – National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) Vice President for Government and Political Affairs Tim Charters issued the following statement regarding DOI’s extension […]

The Virginian-Pilot | Editorial Board | July 10, 2019 PEOPLE CAN ARGUE about the details, now that Dominion Energy has started building Virginia’s first offshore wind energy project off the coast of Virginia Beach. But no one should minimize the significance of this move toward […]

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, July 2, 2019 Contact: Justin Williams, (202) 465-8464, jwilliams@nullnoia.org Contact:  Nicolette Nye, (202) 465-8463, nnye@nullnoia.org Construction of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Project Is a Win for Americans Washington, D.C. - NOIA President Randall Luthi issued the following statement after Dominion

Reuters |Nichola Groom | June 21, 2019 New Jersey on Friday selected Denmark’s Orsted A/S to develop a 1,100-megawatt wind project off the coast of Atlantic City, the largest ever offshore wind procurement by a U.S. state. Orsted’s proposal received unanimous approval at a meeting […]