Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, electrical generation by the nation’s utility-scale wind and solar plants continues to set new records – it was 35.1% greater in November 2020 than it was in the same month a year earlier, according to a SUN DAY Campaign analysis of new data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). The latest issue of … [Read more...] about Amidst COVID Utility-Scale Wind Continues to Set Generation Records
ECO to Construct First Jones Act Compliant, ABS Class SOV
Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO), a provider of marine transportation solutions, says it will engineer, construct and operate the first U.S.-flagged Jones Act offshore wind farm service operation vessel (SOV) ever ordered will be built to American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) Class. ECO says the SOV will be utilized for long-term charter to service the planned Revolution Wind, South … [Read more...] about ECO to Construct First Jones Act Compliant, ABS Class SOV
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Appoints Senior Vice President of Offshore Wind
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. (GLDD), a provider of dredging services, has named Eleni Beyko senior vice president of offshore wind – a strategic growth area for the company. Beyko brings more than 20 years of experience in program engineering, business leadership and project management in the automobile and offshore oil and gas markets. At GLDD, she is responsible … [Read more...] about Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Appoints Senior Vice President of Offshore Wind
Shell, Simply Blue Partner to Develop Floating Wind Farm off Irish Coast
Shell has signed an agreement with Simply Blue Energy, an early stage marine project developer of sustainable floating wind, wave energy and aquaculture projects, to acquire a 51% share of their Simply Blue Energy Kinsale venture, which was set up to develop the Emerald Project, a floating wind farm in the Celtic Sea, off the south coast of Ireland. The joint venture will … [Read more...] about Shell, Simply Blue Partner to Develop Floating Wind Farm off Irish Coast
SPP: In 2020, Wind Energy Tops Coal, Natural Gas
In 2020, Southwest Power Pool (SPP), a regional transmission organization, became the first regional transmission organization to have wind as its number one fuel source – outpacing the company’s use of coal and natural gas. “Maintaining reliability with this large amount of wind is extraordinary,” says Barbara Sugg, president and CEO of SPP. “To … [Read more...] about SPP: In 2020, Wind Energy Tops Coal, Natural Gas