New York State has selected Ørsted and Eversource to negotiate a new 25-year contract for their Sunrise Wind offshore wind farm. This conditional award brings the 924-megawatt project one critical step closer to fulfilling its promise to deliver substantial economic benefits across New York and help the state meet its climate goals.

Oceantic Network, in partnership with SeaAhead, announces the participants of Startup Alley at 2024 IPF, which provides a platform for the most innovative startups in the offshore wind and ocean renewables industries to pitch their ideas. This year, ten start-up companies whose technologies and products serve ocean renewable development will present at the Network’s annual International Partnering Forum (IPF), taking place in New Orleans April 22-25 (IPF Week).

The US Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in partnership with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, launched an 18-month initiative to gather extensive weather, ocean, and wildlife data near the sites of five offshore wind farms and lease areas off the coast of the Northeast United States. This effort, which is part of the third phase of the Wind Forecast Improvement Project (WFIP3), seeks to gather high-quality data to improve the design and operation of offshore wind turbines and wind farms. The collected data will be publicly available and used to inform responsible offshore wind siting, weather forecasting, and grid integration, as well as support advancements in weather and wind plant modeling.