Cape Wind Associates announced today (December 1, 2017) that it has ceased the development of its proposed offshore wind farm.

The Natural Resources Committee says the Federal government issued only a few dozen permits to develop wind and solar-energy projects on public land last year compared with more than 1,300 oil and gas permits for the same real estate. The low number needs attention fast, say members of the Committee The culprit, according to many…

In an article in the Worcester Business Journal, Mark Rodgers, communications director at Cape Wind, wrote that 2010 will be remembered as the year that Massachusetts became the first in the nation to move forward with offshore wind power. Attaining first mover advantage in offshore wind will give Massachusetts a leg up in the significant job creation that is going to come from this important new energy sector.

New England’s land and ocean winds blow strong enough to supply nearly a quarter of the region’s electricity within a decade, though major upgrades are needed to handle that much more wind power, according to a new study.

The Department of Public Utilities (DPU) has approved the 15-year power purchase agreement between National Grid and Cape Wind Associates, as amended by a settlement agreement, following a five-month-long adjudicatory proceeding involving 17 intervenors and five limited participants.

Offshore wind has been given the go-ahead for construction in Cape Cod. The nation’s first lease for commercial offshore wind energy development was signed at the American Wind Energy Association’s (AWEA) North American Offshore Wind Conference in Atlantic City. On stage in front of an eager group of photographers and applauding crowd, U.S. Interior Sec.…

The first North American Offshore Wind Conference & Exhibition was held this week in Atlantic City, N.J.  Hosted by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), in collaboration with the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA), the three-day conference and expo brought more than 1,500 wind industry leaders, government officials, and business executives to Atlantic City. The conference highlighted…

First off-shore U.S. wind farm moves ahead, will bring 1,000 green jobs to Massachusetts The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court upheld the ruling of a state energy board that had granted all state and local permits to Cape Wind, clearing the way for America’s first off-shore wind farm to proceed on Nantucket Sound and create an…