As the need for renewable energy increases, offshore wind farms are playing a pivotal role in the transition to net-zero but ...

The ocean is often framed as being the next frontier in energy: offshore wind, deep‑sea drilling, tidal power. When it comes to whales, reputable science is increasingly indicating a surprising divide ...

When people meander past the docks at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s campus between Eel Pond and Little Harbor, Aran Mooney said, he imagines they must think they’re witnessing the world’s ...

After the Trump administration attempted to halt construction of Revolution Wind — a $4 billion offshore wind farm off the ...

Halting Revolution Wind is about protecting taxpayers and ratepayers from subsidizing projects that are unreliable, dangerous ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

The Biden administration is facing major blowback from lawmakers, conservation groups and environmentalists for the construction of offshore wind turbines that threaten whale populations. Activist ...

The Charybdis was expected to facilitate a wind power building boom. Now, its future is clouded as the president wages war on ...

Northern California has some of the strongest offshore winds in the U.S., with immense potential to produce clean energy. But it also has a problem. Its continental shelf drops off quickly, making ...

Three companies planning to deploy hundreds of floating wind turbines in the Pacific Ocean off San Luis Obispo County’s coast are concerned about size and boundaries of the proposed Chumash Heritage ...

Work is underway to remove a wind turbine off the Norfolk coast that was catastrophically damaged by fire. Turbine T06 on the ...