offshore wind

For the first time since the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center started its annual count in 2010, Massachusetts saw a decrease in clean energy jobs in 2020 though MassCEC officials said gains in 2021 show the underlying strength and potential of the industry. The clean energy industry ended 2019 with 113,968 workers. But the onset and early months of the pandemic…

The federal government auctioned off 762 square miles of Atlantic Ocean real estate last week for future offshore wind farms. Most of the businesses willing to pay very high prices are based in Europe, continuing a dominance by foreign energy giants. One American bidder said he hopes the U.S. government changes the way the auctions are conducted.

Massachusetts will build its first offshore wind manufacturing facility at the site of an old coal power plant in Somerset, Gov. Charlie Baker announced Thursday. “Getting to this point is an especially important milestone,” Baker said Thursday. Baker, Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito, Energy and Environmental Affairs Kathleen Theoharides, Avangrid CEO Dennis V. Arriola, Prysmian Group Senior Vice President Hakan Ozmen…

An offshore wind facility has replaced the old coal power plant at Brayton Point in Somerset, Mass.

Developers say construction will soon begin on the second commercial-scale, offshore wind energy project to gain approval in the United States

The Biden administration says it will hold its first offshore wind auction next month

Offshore wind is the future of energy, and fields of them are being built off of Martha’s Vineyard.