A $7 million solar-electric project to be built in Oakland has received all its permits and construction is set for later this year, according to Encore Renewable Energy of Burlington, Vermont.

The 5-megawatt array is designed to generate enough power to meet the annual demand of 10,000 Maine homes, according to the developer. It will be located on Alpine Street.

Encore Renewable Energy announced the approval of all  permits required to construct a 5MW solar array in Oakland, Maine on underutilized land near the center of the town. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the company continues to work remotely and is poised to support the economic recovery in Maine with the development and deployment of clean energy across the state.

In yet another indicator that COVID-19 will not stop the inevitable march of renewable energy into the sparkling green future, New York State just approved another 1,000 megawatts in offshore wind — and possibly much more, if all goes according to plan. That makes 2020 the second year in a row that the state’s wind plans have sailed past original expectations, and wind industry insiders are already anticipating more where that came from.

The largest offshore wind energy conference in the Western Hemisphere successfully brought together over 800 leaders in the US industry this week at IPF Virtual, the Business Network for Offshore Wind’s first virtual event, providing feedback on current issues affecting the offshore wind industry.

NYSERDA (New York State Energy Research and Development Authority) had requested to hold a 2020 solicitation, but energy officials are suspending the solicitation due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. New York has seen the most COVID-19 cases and casualties in the country, leading state agencies to reprioritize their plans.

In yet another indicator that COVID-19 will not stop the inevitable march of renewable energy into the sparkling green future, New York State just approved another 1,000 megawatts in offshore wind — and possibly much more, if all goes according to plan. That makes 2020 the second year in a row that the state’s wind plans have sailed past original expectations, and wind industry insiders are already anticipating more where that came from.

Activists and businesses in Massachusetts say clean energy could be a powerful engine for job creation and economic growth as the country grapples with an economic slump brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.

The pair of 6-megawatt Siemens Gamesa will be assembled by Dominion Energy and wind developer Ørsted for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW), a pilot project 27 miles offshore for what is planned to become a much larger array on a federal lease east of Virginia Beach.

BOEM considers applications as they come in and progress on the Skipjack application is therefore queued behind Vineyard Wind, Liz Burdock, president of the Business Network for Offshore Wind told Utility Dive.

On the day after the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day, the New York Offshore Wind Alliance (NYOWA) applauded the Public Service Commission’s approval of an offshore wind order authorizing the New York Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to move forward with the nation’s largest offshore wind solicitation.

The largest offshore wind energy conference in the Western Hemisphere successfully brought together over 800 leaders in the U.S. industry this week at IPF Virtual, the Business Network for Offshore Wind’s first virtual event. Attendees from across the globe heard 30 expert speakers and provided feedback on time-sensitive information affecting the offshore wind industry.

The nascent U.S. offshore wind industry is faring better than the rest of the energy sector in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, with no project delays yet attributable to the shutdown.

Interior Department officials yesterday said they're still on track to deliver a review of the nation's first utility-scale wind project despite ongoing concerns about the economic impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy will need more space in the Atlantic Ocean to meet his goal to get half the state’s electricity from offshore wind farms. There aren’t enough federal leases available off the coast of New York and New Jersey to supply the 7.5 gigawatts of wind farms that Murphy wants to develop by 2035, said Jim Bennett, a program manager for renewable power at the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.

“We will need to offer more lease areas,” Bennett said on a conference call Tuesday hosted by the Business Network for Offshore Wind.

James Bennett, manager of BOEM’s renewable energy program, said his team is in a “full telework arrangement right now” as a result of the COVID-19 shutdown. Bennett said BOEM is sticking to the timeline that would see Vineyard get its final decision by the end of this year, but he cautioned that the pandemic could knock things further off course.

“We don’t anticipate any schedule slips just yet,” Bennett told the International Partner Forum, organized by the Business Network for Offshore Wind and held virtually this year because of the pandemic.

The 12MW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind pilot in the US Atlantic is being developed by Dominion Energy and Orsted for switch-on later this year.