Biden-Harris Administration Sets Offshore Energy Records with $4.37 Billion in Winning Bids for Wind Sale

Biden-Harris Administration Sets Offshore Energy Records with $4.37 Billion in Winning Bids for Wind Sale

The Department of the Interior today announced the results of the nation’s highest-grossing competitive offshore energy lease sale in history, including oil and gas lease sales, with the New York Bight offshore wind sale.

Dominion Energy Wind for Students Program Launches in Eastern Virginia

Dominion Energy Wind for Students Program Launches in Eastern Virginia

Through a grant to NEED from the Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation, two schools or educational institutions will be selected to receive a micro wind turbine as well as solar panels and energy storage batteries.

Virginia Tech launches the Center for Coastal Studies to address complex issues in the coastal zone

Virginia Tech launches the Center for Coastal Studies to address complex issues in the coastal zone

Ensuring a vibrant and thriving coastal zone is one of the most pressing issues of our time.

Today, 60 percent of Virginia’s 8 million people live in the coastal zone. By 2045, the commonwealth’s population is projected to exceed 10 million people, with about 80 percent of Virginians living at the coast.

Capturing Co2 from the air? Several research groups and tech startups are testing direct air capture devices with offshore wind turbines.

Capturing Co2 from the air? Several research groups and tech startups are testing direct air capture devices with offshore wind turbines.

Off the Massachusetts and New York coasts, developers are preparing to build the United States’ first federally approved utility-scale offshore wind farms – 74 turbines in all that could power 470,000 homes.

Port Authority to receive $20 million for offshore wind

The Virginia Port Authority will receive a $20 million grant from the Department of Transportation to make improvements to Portsmouth Marine Terminal to turn it into a staging area to support the building of 180 wind turbines 27 to 42 miles off the Virginia Beach coast.

An agreement with Denmark hopes to expand Virginia offshore wind industry.

An agreement with Denmark hopes to expand Virginia offshore wind industry.

Denmark is far ahead of Virginia on offshore wind.

While the commonwealth is embarking on its first offshore wind development off the Virginia Beach coast, Denmark has spent decades building and refining its suite of more than 6,000 turbines.

BOEM and NOAA Announce Interagency Collaboration to Advance Offshore Wind Energy

BOEM and NOAA Announce Interagency Collaboration to Advance Offshore Wind Energy

Today, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and NOAA signed an interagency memorandum in support of the Biden-Harris Administration’s ambitious offshore wind energy goals to advance wind energy responsibly while protecting biodiversity and promoting cooperative ocean use.

Virginia Signs Agreement with Denmark to Advance Offshore Wind Industry

Virginia Signs Agreement with Denmark to Advance Offshore Wind Industry

Governor Ralph Northam has signed an agreement with the Danish Ministry of Climate Energy and Utilities to work together to advance the offshore wind industry. Secretary of Commerce and Trade (SOCT) Brian Ball and Dan Jørgensen, Minister of the Danish agency, virtually signed a Memorandum of Understanding Friday morning.

Virginia is looking forward to Portsmouth Marine Terminal becoming the hub for the east coast offshore wind industry.

Virginia is looking forward to Portsmouth Marine Terminal becoming the hub for the east coast offshore wind industry.

New Actions Advance Offshore Wind, Leverage Public Lands for Clean Energy, and Build the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s Transmission Lines