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Offshore Wind Farm
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Floating Wind in Italy: Ready to Build, Waiting to Start
The Offshore Wind Revolution conference (“OWR”), this year held in Taranto, Italy, gathered stakeholders from across the value chain to …
Environmental Law +
What We Are Reading: Environmental + Energy Series | Offshore Wind, PFAS Settlement, and Battery Recycling
By Jon Schaefer
Week of August 10 Even during the dog days of summer, the environmental and energy world rarely stays quiet for long. This week's headlines featured multibillion-dollar PFAS settlements, new restrictions…
Duane Morris Vietnam
Vietnam Opens the Door to a New Wave of Energy Investment: Decree 272 Creates Major Opportunities for Foreign Investors
Could Vietnam’s new Decree 272 be the regulatory breakthrough international energy investors have been waiting for? On 4 July 2026, the Government of Vietnam officially promulgated Decree No. 272/2026/ND-CP (”Decree…
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Whither Goest Offshore Wind Projects in the United States?
It’s 2007—The American College of Environmental Lawyers is founded by 23 attorneys, including me. George W. Bush, Jr., is President. It’s 2008—I begin working on offshore wind development, and Barack…
Conservation Law Foundation Blog
Fending Off Federal Attacks on Wind Energy
By Pam Reynolds
The Trump administration has waged a war on "windmills" and CLF has fought back, successfully, in the courts. Photo: Shutterstock In 2021, construction began on Vineyard Wind 1, an offshore…
Duane Morris Vietnam
Lawyer in Vietnam Dr. Oliver Massmann Offshore Wind: A Major Opportunity – But Only for the Right Investors
Vietnam’s wind energy market is entering a decisive phase. With Power Development Plan VIII (PDP8) targeting up to 70+ GW of offshore wind by 2050, the country represents one of…
Environmental Law & Policy Monitor
Five For Five: How the APA Protected Offshore Wind (For Now)
By Josh Kaplowitz, Ben Cowan, Toyja Kelley, Emily Huggins Jones
On December 22, 2025, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issued short and nearly identical lease suspension orders that halted construction on five utility-scale offshore wind projects off Virginia,…
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Recent Developments in U.S. Offshore Wind
On February 2, 2026, Sunrise Wind became the fifth and final U.S. offshore wind project affected by the Department of the Interior’s (DOI’s) December 22 leasing pause to secure a…
E2 Law Blog
UPDATED: Court Lifts Stop-Work Orders for Three Paused Offshore Wind Projects
By Ed Roggenkamp, Steven C. Russo, Courtney M. Shephard
During the week of Jan. 12, 2026, three federal judges granted preliminary injunctions in three separate cases filed by offshore wind developers challenging a Dec. 22, 2025, stop-work order that…
Environmental Law +
Offshore Developers Wind Up Challenges To Latest Stop Work Orders
By Peter Knight
In response to the Trump administration’s latest suspension of offshore wind development, three of the five affected developers have filed lawsuits in federal court seeking to overturn the stop work…