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Northeast
Energy

CT - Avangrid cancels CT offshore energy project, wants to rebid, as industry hit by adverse economic head winds

Electric utility Avangrid is pulling out of what was to have been Connecticut’s biggest offshore wind project, Park City Wind, saying inflation and other adverse economic factors that have hit the offshore wind industry made the project “unfinanceable.”

Gulf of Mexico
Energy

TX - Fifth Circuit postpones federal ruling on offshore lease sales in Gulf of Mexico

(The Center Square) – Last week a federal judge ruled the Biden administration must go through with offshore lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico by Sept. 27 as originally planned and under original conditions. One week later, the Fifth Circuit amended the ruling, pushing back the lease sale date to Nov. 8.

Northeast
Energy

USA - There’s no evidence that windmills are responsible for killing whales

Former President Donald Trump recently claimed that “windmills are causing whales to die” in record numbers, but there’s no scientific evidence to support that.

Mid-Atlantic
Energy

VA - BOEM Completes Environmental Review for Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has completed the final environmental impact statement (EIS) for Dominion Energy's massive Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project, a proposed 2.6-gigawatt installation off the coast of Virginia Beach. It is a significant regulatory milestone and marks the end of the environmental review process for the project.

Gulf of Mexico
Energy

GOM - BOEM Postpones Oil and Gas Lease Sale 261

New Orleans, LA - The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is postponing Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale 261.

Gulf of Mexico
Energy

GOM - After Losing Lawsuit Over Whale-Protection Rules, BOEM Delays Lease Sale

A federal judge has ruled that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management cannot use new whale-protection provisions when it holds its next lease sale, finding that the agency provided too little advance notice to bidders. In response, BOEM has delayed the sale while a federal appeal led by four environmental groups proceeds.

Coastwide
Energy

USA - US needs $36 billion to meet offshore wind 'port infrastructure gap'

Some $36 billion is needed to address the US’s offshore wind port infrastructure gap over the next decade, according to a new report.

Caribbean
Energy

DR - Renewables ‘boom’ in the Dominican Republic, but some feel sidelined

Wind and solar projects have faced complaints from communities and in protected areas, as experts call for stronger planning laws and impact assessments

Gulf of Mexico
Energy

USA - Interior Department ordered to remove whale protection measures from oil lease sale

There are likely fewer than 100 Rice’s whales left in the Gulf of Mexico, the species’ only habitat. But the federal government unlawfully changed the terms of a lease sale to protect them, a judge said.

Gulf of Mexico
Energy

LA - A known risk: How carbon stored underground could find its way back into the atmosphere (with two bonus podcasts)

Orphaned wells, which weren’t properly plugged and abandoned, are more likely pathways for CO2 leaks. And state databases show seven orphaned wells within the townships slated to provide underground carbon-dioxide storage for Venture Global’s Plaquemines LNG terminal.

Coastwide
Energy

USA - DOE Makes $27 Million Available For CO2 Transport Networks

The DOES’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) has announced an additional $27 million for projects involving the transport of carbon dioxide (CO2) that has been captured at power generation plants, as well as from the atmosphere.

International
Energy

NO - Norway's Aker BP may explore for seabed minerals, CEO says

OSLO, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Norway's second-largest listed oil and gas company, Aker BP (AKRBP.OL), said it would consider applying for licenses to mine minerals from the seabed if parliament approves a plan for such exploration.

Northeast
Energy

USA - Governors warn Biden offshore wind projects ‘increasingly at risk of failing’

Governors of six Northeast states are asking the Biden administration to boost federal tax credits for offshore wind developers, give their states a share of revenue from offshore energy leases and hasten permitting for the projects.

Arctic & Antarctica
Energy

Arctic - What Happens Next with Oil and Gas in the Arctic?

Conservation groups welcome the canceled leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge but fear more could be on the way

Coastwide
Energy

USA - Wind opponents spread myth about dead whales

They claim the offshore wind is responsible for a spike in whale deaths. Experts don’t buy it, but interest groups backed by fossil fuel money are spreading false information.

Coastwide
Energy

USA - DOE Announces Upcoming $14.5 Million Funding Opportunity to Advance Marine Energy Research at U.S. Colleges and Universities

The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is working to build a clean energy economy that benefits all Americans. Learn about our work in energy efficiency, renewable energy, and sustainable transportation, and how you can become a Clean Energy Champion.

Pacific Northwest
Energy

OR - Federal officials to meet with Oregonians about controversial offshore wind energy projects

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has identified two spots on the Oregon Coast, Brookings and Coos Bay, for floating wind farms. Some of the most powerful and consistent winds in the world are located off the southwest Oregon coast, according to the Oregon Department of Energy.

International
Energy

Brazil - Transocean awarded $486 million contract for newbuild drillship offshore Brazil

(WO) – Transocean Ltd. announced a three-year award for the newbuild ultra-deepwater drillship Deepwater Aquila with a national oil company for work offshore Brazil. The contract is expected to commence in the third quarter of 2024 and represents approximately $486 million in firm backlog.

Hawaii & Alaska
Energy

AK - Mary Peltola’s delicate balance on energy, climate

Mary Peltola, one of the few pro-oil Democrats in Congress, spent months prodding President Joe Biden to approve the enormous Willow project on the North Slope of Alaska. She was the only Democrat this year to join the pro-fossil fuel Congressional Western Caucus. And when Biden reversed oil and gas leases in her state last week, she said she was “deeply frustrated.”

Northeast
Energy

RI - What do Orsted’s financial problems mean for Rhode Island’s stake in offshore wind?

An earnings preview and rating agency downgrade cast doubt on the Danish offshore wind developer’s long range plans.

Gulf of Mexico
Energy

TX - As Federal Money Flows to Carbon Capture and Storage, Texas Bets on an Undersea Bonanza

Hungry for royalties, the state is awarding offshore leases to oil and gas companies that hope to bury heat-trapping carbon dioxide deep beneath the seafloor. But critics worry about leakage through rock layers, pipeline safety and the lackluster record of carbon capture facilities onshore.

Pacific Northwest
Energy

OR - Federal officials will meet with Oregonians about controversial offshore wind energy projects

Federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management officials will meet with Oregonians concerned or curious about potential floating offshore wind energy projects following public and political outcry.

Arctic & Antarctica
Energy

AK - Biden administration cancels years-long attempt to drill in Alaska National Wildlife Refuge

CNN - The Biden administration announced Wednesday it will cancel seven Trump-era oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and protect more than 13 million acres in the federal National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, stymieing a years-long attempt to drill in the protected region.