GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc. (GZA), a multi-disciplinary firm providing geotechnical, environmental, ecological, water, and construction management services, announced that it has begun a multi-million dollar offshore geotechnical engineering program for Deepwater Wind in Rhode Island Sound. Working from a 200-foot class lift boat mobilized earlier this month from Quonset Point, Rhode Island, a 28-person GZA-led crew…

U.S. offshore wind developer, Deepwater Wind, has begun a new intensive phase of work on its South Fork Wind Farm and Revolution Wind projects. The company is deploying a survey vessel from Quonset Point and dozens of experts tasked with completing a multi-million dollar offshore research effort. The start of this five-month long suite of…

Deepwater Wind has adopted a first-of-its-kind procedure designed to prevent impacts to commercial fishing gear from offshore wind energy activities. The procedure was developed in close coordination with the commercial fishing industry, and is based off extensive feedback from fishermen in ports up and down the Atlantic coast. Deepwater Wind is the first American offshore…

Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) Commissioner Robert Klee announced that the state has selected over 250 MW of clean and renewable energy projects as part of DEEP’s recent Clean Energy Request for Proposals. A total of 200 MW (824,830 MWh) will be procured offshore from Deepwater Wind‘s…

Global design firm Stantec has been selected to lead environmental assessment for the Skipjack Wind Farm, an offshore wind project being developed by Deepwater Wind off the coast of Maryland. Deepwater Wind is the only company to fully build and operate an offshore wind farm in the United States, the Block Island Wind Farm located…

Deepwater Wind will assemble the wind-turbine foundations for its Revolution Wind in Massachusetts, and it has identified three South Coast cities – New Bedford, Fall River, and Somerset – as possible locations for this major fabrication activity. The offshore wind developer is committed to building a local workforce and supply chain for its 400-MW Revolution…

Deepwater Wind is accelerating the development of the Skipjack Wind Farm with key local hires and a suite of cutting-edge environmental surveys that will guide the construction of the 120-MW offshore wind farm serving Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Deepwater Wind has named Joy Weber, of Annapolis, as Skipjack Wind Farm’s Development Manager. Weber will lead the project’s…

Deepwater Wind has pledged funding for the establishment of a new Blue Economy Initiative at the University of Massachusetts, which will develop an independent research portfolio on how offshore wind farms can coexist with other ocean-based industries — with particular emphasis on commercial fishing. “The growth of offshore wind energy in the U.S. provides researchers…

Deepwater Wind unveiled plans for its newest project off the American coast: Revolution Wind, a utility-scale offshore wind farm paired with an energy storage system. “Revolution Wind will be the largest combined offshore wind and energy storage project in the world,” said Deepwater Wind Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Grybowski. “People may be surprised by just…

To manage project information during the design and construction of the Block Island Wind Farm, developer Deepwater Wind turned to Aconex. Australian-based Aconex provides a platform for project and workflow and management for construction and engineering teams. Close collaboration among the various stakeholders, contractors, and suppliers was critical to ensure that all the wind farm components…

Rhode Island’s Block Island silenced their diesel generating plant in the pre-dawn hours this morning. According to an announcement from Block Island Power Co., the Island went dark momentarily in a well-planned sequence of high-voltage switching intended to shut down the diesel generators. Company employees then systematically turned the lights back, this time powered by energy…

America’s first offshore wind farm began generating electricity in the waters near Block Island, Rhode Island, opening a new frontier for American energy production. By continuing to tap into abundant offshore wind resources here at home, more clean, reliable electricity can power American homes and businesses while creating well-paying jobs.  “This is a triumph for…

America’s leading offshore wind company Deepwater Wind has announced plans for the Skipjack Wind Farm, a new offshore wind farm that will help Maryland meet its clean-energy goals at far lower prices than state law anticipates, saving Maryland ratepayers millions of dollars. The Skipjack Wind Farm will not only be the state’s largest renewable energy project,…

Deepwater Wind will soon embark on the final stage of construction of the Block Island Wind Farm, a complex operation that will feature some of the industry’s most innovative offshore wind technology and a world-class team of dozens of workers and specialists. Installation of the Block Island Wind Farm’s turbine towers, blades and nacelles is…

Offshore construction activities are beginning to ramp up for the Block Island Wind Farm, with the arrival of the 240-foot long turbine blades at Deepwater Wind and GE’s assembly facility at ProvPort. This morning, local stevedores began offloading the 15 blades at the Providence port facility. The blades and the tower sections already assembled there,…

The first U.S.-built and operated offshore wind farm crew transfer vessel was named at an official christening ceremony in Quonset Point, Rhode Island this week. Following the Christening the “Atlantic Pioneer,” owned and operated by Atlantic Wind Transfers, the commercial wind support services arm of Rhode Island Fast Ferry, will embark on the first phase…