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#Offshorewind
Petition alleges Association of Coastal Towns...
Ellen Driscoll
4 days ago
A petition filed with the Delaware Department of Justice April 25 alleges the Association of...
Mixed reviews on bringing offshore wind cable to 3R...
Chris Flood
1 month ago
The state hosted an information session March 12 on US Wind’s proposal to connect its offshore wind...
Second wind
Jim Paterson
3 months ago
Lewes: Wait and see on US Wind money
Bill Shull
3 months ago
Lewes Mayor and City Council will wait until residents can comment before it decides whether to...
Ørsted seeks better terms for Skipjack Wind project
Chris Flood
3 months ago
For the second time in recent months, Danish power company Ørsted has announced that macroeconomic...
Dewey residents rail against US Wind offer
Ellen Driscoll
3 months ago
After much public comment lambasting a $2 million community benefit proposal extended to the Town...
Rehoboth officials table discussion on US Wind proposal
Chris Flood
3 months ago
With a final decision coming later this year from the federal government on US Wind’s proposed...
UD, DelTech offering offshore wind safety training...
Chris Flood
3 months ago
Looking to provide locals with a leg up in a market seeing national and international growth, the...
Trade wind
Jim Paterson
3 months ago
US Wind buys 140 acres of land from Indian River...
Chris Flood
3 months ago
Due to federal and state approval processes and actual construction, power company US Wind is still...
Rehoboth, Henlopen Acres talk US Wind payment proposal
Chris Flood
3 months ago
In the final days of 2023, Baltimore-based wind power company US Wind announced it was working with...
US Wind begins discussion of potential benefits with...
4 months ago
US Wind Inc. announced Dec. 29 that it has formally presented to the Delaware-based Association of...
State negotiating land lease for offshore wind farm...
Chris Flood
4 months ago
For years now, US Wind has been moving forward with the construction of two offshore wind projects...
BOEM intends to lease more wind farm area off...
Chris Flood
4 months ago
The U.S. Department of the Interior recently announced a proposal of another offshore wind lease...
Ørsted still actively developing a plan for wind...
Chris Flood
5 months ago
Danish-based power company Ørsted recently announced it is no longer pursuing wind farms off the...
Public concerned about BOEM’s public meeting on wind...
Chris Flood
6 months ago
While concerns were raised about viewshed and possible landfall locations for power lines, the...
Comments sought on wind farm’s environmental impact...
Chris Flood
7 months ago
A wind farm proposed due east of Ocean City, Md., that may come ashore at 3R’s Beach in Delaware...
Ørsted set to resume near-shore survey work this fall
Chris Flood
8 months ago
In an effort to identify the best landfall option for cables coming from its offshore wind farm,...
Wind power companies complete near-shore survey work
Chris Flood
9 months ago
US Wind, a Maryland-based power company looking to build a wind farm due east of Ocean City, Md.,...
Comments on US Wind marine mammal ‘takes’ due by June 1
Chris Flood
11 months ago
In anticipation of construction beginning in January 2025, US Wind has submitted an application to...
Excitement, concerns facing wind farm industry
Chris Flood
1 year ago
Over the course of the past few years, there have been several information sessions and public...
Discussing offshore wind and whales
Eric Burnley
1 year ago
I attended an April 12 program at the Rehoboth library that was sponsored by an offshore wind...
Experts: Vessel strikes, not wind farms, cause of...
Ellen Driscoll
1 year ago
Responsible wind farm development can be designed to mitigate effects on marine mammals while...
Head winds
Jim Paterson
1 year ago
Association of Coastal Towns weighs position on...
Ellen Driscoll
1 year ago
Preceding member discussion at the Association of Coastal Towns meeting March 2 in Dewey Beach,...
Rehoboth committee recommends support of wind farms
Chris Flood
1 year ago
For the second time in less than a month, a Rehoboth Beach committee has opined on the possibility...
BOEM proposes changes to offshore wind approval process
Chris Flood
1 year ago
Looking to facilitate the development of offshore wind energy resources to meet U.S. climate and...
Rehoboth committee has mixed feelings on wind farms
Chris Flood
1 year ago
Back in October, Rehoboth Beach hosted an offshore wind information-gathering session that included...
Federal agencies seek comments on right whale, wind...
Chris Flood
1 year ago
Two federal agencies are inviting the public to review and comment on a draft joint strategy to...
Rehoboth hosts offshore wind information-gathering...
Chris Flood
1 year ago
Like much of the mid-Atlantic coastline, the federal waters off the coast of Delaware have offshore...
Wind turbine lawsuit ruling could mean delays for...
Chris Flood
1 year ago
Representatives from the two companies looking to build wind farms off the coast of Delaware and...
US Wind set to conduct months of near-shore survey work
Chris Flood
1 year ago
This past spring, Danish-based wind power company Ørsted conducted near-shore survey work off...
Fishing impact of wind farm cables still unknown
Eric Burnley
1 year ago
Since my article last Friday, I have been contacted by folks from US Wind and
Ø
rsted with...
How will offshore wind impact local fishing?
1 year ago
There is a plan being proposed by US Wind to bring power cables from its wind farm off the coast of...
US Wind proposes wind farm landfall under 3R’s Beach
Chris Flood
1 year ago
Almost three years ago, Danish power company Ørsted introduced a proposal that would have paved the...
Wind power issues to ponder is theme of symposium
Chris Flood
1 year ago
Loss of viewshed, impacts to commercial fishing and effects on animal life were the primary...
Ørsted vessel moves in for near-shore survey work
Chris Flood
2 years ago
A large survey vessel conducting work for Ørsted has set up shop just off the coast of Delaware,...
New report suggests path forward for wind power in...
Chris Flood
2 years ago
A new report from the state and University of Delaware’s Special Initiative on Offshore Wind...
Ørsted resuming survey work for wind farm cable
Chris Flood
2 years ago
Beginning with a sonar-carrying vessel combing the floor of Indian River Bay, Ørsted has announced...
Ørsted selected to expand windfarm area off Delaware...
Chris Flood
2 years ago
The Maryland Public Service Commission announced Dec. 17 it has selected Skipjack Wind 2, an...
Ørsted continuing search for land-based connection site
Chris Flood
2 years ago
For more than a week now, a 145-foot lift boat has been off the coast of Delaware helping conduct a...
Rehoboth Beach asked to opine on future wind farms
Chris Flood
2 years ago
Rehoboth Beach officials have been approached by Ocean City, Md. Mayor Rick Meehan about taking an...
Ørsted submits bid for more wind turbines
Chris Flood
2 years ago
Despite continued delays for its first proposed wind farm off Delaware’s coast, Danish-based Ørsted...
Mike Dunmyer to lead local outreach efforts for US Wind
Chris Flood
2 years ago
US Wind, an offshore wind developer looking to build off the coast of Maryland, recently announced...
More delays for wind farm off Delaware coast
Chris Flood
3 years ago
For the second time in less than a year, and this time for much longer, Ørsted is pushing back the...
850-foot-tall turbines OK’d for Skipjack Wind Farm
Chris Flood
3 years ago
Despite public concerns over a ruined viewshed, the Maryland Public Service Commission has approved...
If not Fenwick Island State Park, then where?
Chris Flood
3 years ago
A couple of weeks ago, after months of public scrutiny, Ørsted announced it was no longer going to...
Ørsted no longer interested in Fenwick Island State...
Chris Flood
3 years ago
Citing a large portion of undisturbed wetlands, Ørsted is backing out of a proposal that would...
Survey results for Ørsted connection facility released
Chris Flood
3 years ago
The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has released the survey results...
Ørsted announces year of delay for off-shore wind...
Chris Flood
3 years ago
It’s been nearly four years since the June 2017 announcement of Skipjack Wind Farm, a 120-megawatt...
Ørsted hosts supplier day for transmission connection
Chris Flood
4 years ago
Like everyone else, Ørsted, the Danish company looking to build the proposed Skipjack Wind Farm off...
Public submits robust input on turbines
Chris Flood
4 years ago
After two month-long extensions, the state closed public comment Jan. 15 on Ørsted’s controversial...
Turbine hearing set for Ocean City Convention Center
Chris Flood
4 years ago
Roughly three weeks ago, Maryland Public Service Commission granted a request from Ocean City, Md...
Public hearing set on turbine size of ocean wind farms
Chris Flood
4 years ago
Following a request for public comment on proposed changes to the size of future wind farm turbines...
Coast Guard seeks new anchorage areas in bay, ocean
Chris Flood
4 years ago
In advance of offshore development, primarily wind power, the U.S. Coast Guard has issued a request...
Study: Tourism increased at nation’s first wind farm
Chris Flood
4 years ago
A University of Rhode Island study released this summer suggests Block Island, home to the nation’s...
Hundreds question Fenwick Island wind power connection
Chris Flood
4 years ago
Lack of transparency, loss of natural environment and a general disdain that Maryland officials...
Fenwick officials frustrated by Skipjack proposal
Chris Flood
4 years ago
At its first meeting since a plan for a transmission connection from the proposed Skipjack Wind...
‘Tilting at...’
Jim Paterson
4 years ago
Comment period on wind farm connection extended
Chris Flood
4 years ago
State officials have extended the deadline to comment on the proposed Skipjack Wind Farm...
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