New Jersey Approves Funding Method for 3.5-Gigawatt Offshore Wind Program

First U.S. Gulf of Maine Wind Auction Yields $22 Million in Winning Bids

Climate Change and Emissions, Electric Transmission, EnerKnol Impact-Misc Categories, EnerKnol Impacts, EnerKnol Pulse, PRODUCTS, Wind

The U.S. Interior Department on Oct. 29 held the first commercial offshore wind lease sale in the Gulf of Maine. Overseen by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the auction resulted in two provisional winners – Avangrid Renewables and Invenergy NE Offshore Wind – with almost $22 million in winning bids. The leased areas have…...

clean energy ports

U.S. EPA Announces Nearly $3 Billion for Clean Energy Projects in Ports

Climate Change and Emissions, Electric Transmission, EnerKnol Impact-Misc Categories, EnerKnol Impacts, EnerKnol Pulse, PRODUCTS, Solar, Wind

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Oct. 29 announced 55 project selections that would receive almost $3 billion under the agency’s Clean Ports Program. Funded by the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, the program supports the deployment of clean energy, zero-emission vehicles, and infrastructure at U.S. ports. The projects would facilitate the purchase of new zero-emission…...