Offshore Wind
Oil Services Find Hope in Giant Windmills Anchored to Ocean Bed
Bloomberg | September 21, 2016 | Joe Ryan Gulf Island Fabrication Inc. has for decades built hulking platforms to extract oil and natural gas from the seabed. With the collapse of offshore drilling, the company has turned to helping harvest another energy resource: wind. Gulf […]
New National Offshore Wind Strategy not Enough to Meet Growing Energy Demands
For Immediate Release: Friday, September 6, 2016 Contact: Nicolette Nye, (202) 465-8463, nicolette@nullnoia.org New National Offshore Wind Strategy not Enough to Meet Growing Energy Demands Washington, D.C. – NOIA President Randall Luthi issued the following statement on the new National Offshore Wind Strategy announced today: “As the United […]
NOIA Welcomes Deepwater Wind’s Completion of America’s First Offshore Wind Farm
For Immediate Release: Friday, August 19, 2016 Contact: Nicolette Nye, (202) 465-8463, nicolette@nullnoia.org NOIA Welcomes Deepwater Wind’s Completion of America’s First Offshore Wind Farm Washington, D.C. – NOIA President Randall Luthi today issued the following statement applauding the completion of America’s first offshore wind farm: "I congratulate […]
First offshore wind farm completed
Providence Journal | August 18, 2016 | Alex Kuffner PROVIDENCE -- Construction of the first offshore wind farm in the nation is complete. Crews working for Providence-based developer Deepwater Wind mounted the final blade on the fifth turbine of the Block Island Wind Farm just […]
This Is Where the First U.S. Offshore Wind Turbines Were Just Installed
Fortune | August 8, 2016 | Katie Fehrenbacher The first wind turbines to be installed off the coasts of the United States were constructed over the past few days about three miles offshore of Block Island, Rhode Island. While wind farms have been built all over […]
Washington Times: 2 Louisiana firms play important roles in offshore wind farm
Washington Times | Monday, September 14, 2015 NEW ORLEANS (AP) - With construction underway, two Louisiana firms with roots in the oil and gas industry are playing a leading part in what could be the nation’s first offshore wind farm. Once it’s operating next year, […]
NOIA Congratulates Deepwater Wind as Block Island Wind Farm Onsite Construction Begins
For Immediate Release: Monday, July 27, 2015 Contact: Nicolette Nye (202) 465-8463, nnye@nullnoia.org NOIA Congratulates Deepwater Wind as Block Island Wind Farm Onsite Construction Begins Washington, D.C. – – NOIA President Randall Luthi today issued the following statement applauding historic “steel in the water” for Deep […]
NYT: Offshore Wind Farm Raises Hopes of U.S. Clean Energy Backers
New York Times, Thursday July 24, 2015 A few miles off the coast of Block Island, part of Rhode Island, a small flotilla has been gathering: crane vessels, tugboats and barges that began this week installing the 1,500-ton foundations of the nation’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm. […]
Planning for Md. offshore wind project gets underway
By Timothy B. Wheeler, Jun. 22, 2015, The Baltimore Sun The energy of offshore wind is beginning to be felt in Maryland long before any of the giant turbines have been planted off the coast. Survey vessels recently began examining the Atlantic Ocean bottom off Ocean […]
Louisiana builder is hard at work on R.I.’s offshore wind turbines
By Alex Kuffner, Jun. 13, 2015, Providence Journal HOUMA, La. — When it comes down to it, there’s not much difference between a foundation for an offshore oil platform and one for an offshore wind turbine. So in 2014, when Deepwater Wind set out to […]
