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EIA: Solar Will Surge in 2024, Account for More Than Half of New U.S. Capacity

POWER Magazine

Energy Information Administration (EIA). Installations of new solar power generation capacity this year are expected to nearly double the amount that was built in 2023, according to the U.S. The […] The post EIA: Solar Will Surge in 2024, Account for More Than Half of New U.S. Capacity appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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MADE IN AMERICA: U.S.-Built Offshore Wind Substation and Support Vessels Start to Set Sail for Federal Waters

The Energy Law

built offshore wind substation departed from a Texas fabrication facility where Danish multinational energy company, Ørsted, and domestic energy provider, Eversource, partnered to build the revolutionary vessel. The Kansas-engineered substation was designed and built by Kiewit Offshore Services, Ltd., the largest U.S. 1331 et seq.

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Court Dismisses Permitting Challenges to the U.S.’s First Major Offshore Wind Project

The Energy Law

On May 17, 2023, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts dismissed plaintiffs’ challenges to the Vineyard Wind Project—the United States’s first major offshore wind project. The court dismissed these claims, deferring to the agencies’ judgment on what information and data were reliable.

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First-Ever Gulf of Mexico Wind Auction Results in Only 1 Wind Lease Offshore Louisiana. What Happens Next?

The Energy Law

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) held its long-anticipated offshore wind lease sale for the federal Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) on Tuesday, August 29, 2023. million winning bid for the lease area offshore Louisiana, submitted by the provisional winner, RWE Offshore US Gulf, LLC (RWE).

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Petrobras’ Test at Sirius-2 Well Offshore Columbia Proves 'Good Productivity'

Offshore Engineer

Petrobras has informed that a Drill Stem Test (DST) in the Sirius-2 well, located in deep waters of the Gujaira Basin offshore Colombia, proved good productivity

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Mitigating Impacts of Offshore Wind: BOEM Draft Guidance Suggests Compensation for Lost Income to Fishermen

The Energy Law

On June 23, 2022, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) published a draft guidance on mitigating potential impacts of offshore wind development on commercial and recreational fishing. To receive information from Liskow & Lewis, your information will be kept in a secured contact database.

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Department of Interior Takes Steps to Update Offshore Wind Regulatory Scheme

The Energy Law

In advance of holding an offshore wind lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico, which is expected this summer, the Department of Interior recently took several steps to update the offshore wind regulatory framework. Establishing a Renewable Energy Leasing Schedule: Currently, BOEM announces offshore renewable lease sales individually.