offshore wind

Three communities in Massachusetts have a lot to lose if the Trump administration succeeds in halting all offshore wind.

The CEO of SouthCoast Wind, Michael Brown, told CAI the federal review was rigorous. But the Town of Nantucket says feds failed to address threats to its historic district and economy.

CAI has learned that the offshore wind developer Vineyard Offshore is eliminating 50 positions, some of them through layoffs.

Mitchell heralded the city’s accomplishments, but also touched upon some of its challenges, including the cost of housing and the Trump administration’s effort to at least temporarily stop the construction of new offshore wind farms.

On Cape Cod and the South Coast, where offshore wind is becoming part of the local economy, supporters and opponents are talking about what the order will mean.

The parties now say they expect to reach an agreement by March 31, more than two months after the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, who has vowed to halt offshore wind.

Wind developers Avangrid and Ocean Winds are scheduled to sign contracts with utilities Eversource, National Grid, and Unitil next Wednesday. Their wind farms, New England Wind 1 and SouthCoast Wind, have been approved by the Biden administration.

Lobsters and other sea creatures in areas selected for offshore wind development are about to hear a whole lot of noisy construction. How might it affect them? At a local dock, Cape Cod scientists are making some very loud banging noises to find out.

All four leases sold for the minimum bid of $50 per acre. That's a big drop from 2018.

A federal auction of offshore wind areas off Cape Cod today resulted in only half of the eight leases sold and two winning bidders. Leases on the areas closest to the Outer Cape were among those sold.