The US State of Massachusetts has extended the deadline for submitting bids in its ongoing offshore wind energy solicitation until 27 March. Connecticut and Rhode Island, Massachusetts’s partner states under an agreement signed last year that allows for the procurement of multi-state offshore wind projects, have also extended the bidding deadline in their respective solicitations.... Continue Reading →
US Plugs in First Large Offshore Wind Farm as Developers Play Catch-up
(Reuters) The U.S. offshore wind industry reached an important milestone on January 2 when Vineyard Wind 1, the country’s first large scale project, supplied first power to the Massachusetts grid. “As the nation’s first utility-scale offshore wind farm this is a fairly momentous event,” Ken Kimmell, Chief Development Officer for Avangrid, the Iberdrola subsidiary co-developing the... Continue Reading →
US energy tax credit trading grows to as much as $9 billion, study finds
(Reuters) - Developers of renewable energy projects selling unused U.S. tax credits to other companies now account for a market worth between $7 billion and $9 billion, buoyed by legislation in 2022 that made these trades possible, a new study shows. President Joe Biden's climate law aimed to stoke trillions of dollars of investment to wean the economy off... Continue Reading →