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Virginia Business | Jason Roop | May 13, 2021

Offshore wind coworking space opens in Norfolk

The growing offshore wind industry in Hampton Roads caught another gust Wednesday with the opening of a coworking and networking space in Norfolk's World Trade Center.

Coastal Review Online | Staff Report | December 15, 2020

Kitty Hawk Wind Project Moves Forward

Renewable energy company, Avangrid Renewables, is moving ahead with the Kitty Hawk Offshore Wind project.

The Virginian Pilot | Jeff Hampton | December 15, 2020

Wind farm off Outer Banks to create nearly 200 full-time jobs in Virginia, North Carolina

An economic study by alternative energy developer Avangrid Renewables calculated the project would add $2 billion to the region’s economy over the next 10 years.

Offshore Wind Biz | Adnan Durakovic | September 15, 2020

Avangrid Opens Offshore Wind Office in Virginia

Avangrid Renewables, the developer of the Kitty Hawk offshore wind project, has opened a new Virginia field office to support project development and help ignite a new industry off the coast of Virginia and North Carolina.

Energy Central | | July 16, 2020

Offshore Wind Assessment Technology Deployed to Kitty Hawk Wind Energy Area

LiDAR technology provides real-time meteorological data to support project development

The Virginian Pilot | Michael Coleman | May 17, 2020

Michael Coleman: Port workers keeping Virginia well supplied

Literally just over the horizon, offshore wind development is beginning off Virginia’s coast.

The Coastland Times | Tim Beacham | May 4, 2020

Letter to the Editor: Let’s create a cleaner, stronger Outer Banks economy

Avangrid Renewables Kitty Hawk Offshore Wind project, proposed to be more than 27 miles off the coast of Corolla, will bring hundreds of construction jobs as well as permanent jobs following construction. But why the Outer Banks? As it turns out, our area of the North Carolina coast produces faster and steadier winds, more so than anywhere else on the east coast.

The Virginian Pilot | Jeff Hampton | March 24, 2020

Wind farm company to install weather buoy off Outer Banks as project moves forward

The Kitty Hawk Offshore Wind project plans to install its first visible piece of equipment off the Outer Banks — a buoy that can measure the winds nearly 800 feet above the surface.

OBX Today | OBX Today | March 4, 2020

Kitty Hawk Offshore Wind Project Moving Forward

Geophysical surveys are nearly complete at the Kitty Hawk offshore wind project — and the enterprise just moved another step forward with approval from Virginia Beach for land to build a substation.

Triangle Business Journal | Lauren Ohnesorge | February 27, 2020

Wind farm off NC coast closer to reality as firm presses forward

The possibility of a wind farm off the Carolina outer banks is closer to being a reality as the company behind the first leased tract has taken a big step forward.

The Virginian Pilot | Jeff Hampton | June 28, 2019

Energy company to conduct surveys of ocean bottom off Corolla

Avangrid Renewables plans to conduct surveys of the ocean bottom this summer and fall in preparation to building a wind farm offshore from Corolla.

Coastal Review Online | Staff Report | June 27, 2019

Offshore Wind Lease Area Surveys Underway

Avingrid Renewables through Oct. 15 will be conducting high-resolution geophysical survey work at the Kitty Hawk offshore wind area.

Coastal Review Online | Mark Hibbs | March 28, 2019

Fishing Interests to Get Say On Offshore Wind

Federal officials say North Carolina will benefit from a new partnership that brings together local and regional fishing interests with federal regulators to collaborate on the science and process of offshore wind energy development.

Coastal Review Online | Staff Report | October 18, 2017

Offshore Wind Energy Lease Finalized

The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, or BOEM, has finalized a lease with Avangrid Renewables, the Portland, Oregon-based company behind the Amazon Wind Farm project in Perquimans and Pasquotank counties, for a 122,405-acre wind area off the coast of North Carolina.

The Virginian Pilot | Jeff Hampton | March 16, 2017

Avangrid Renewables wins bid for Kitty Hawk offshore wind farm lease

Avangrid Renewables won the bid Thursday to lease 122,405 acres off the Outer Banks coast for a wind farm.

Avangrid Renewables' Kitty Hawk Offshore Wind Project Advances in BOEM Permitting Process

Environmental review to proceed for Kitty Hawk North, the first project located within the company's offshore wind lease area off Virginia and North Carolina

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Avangrid Renewables Submits Construction and Operations Plan for Kitty Hawk Offshore Wind Project

Project to generate $2 billion in economic impact and nearly 800 jobs in Virginia and North Carolina during construction.

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Avangrid Renewables Expands Local Presence In Virginia Beach for the Kitty Hawk Offshore Wind Project

New office welcomes a growing team to help ignite a new U.S. industry.

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Offshore Wind Assessment Technology Deployed to Kitty Hawk Wind Energy Area

LiDAR technology provides real-time meteorological data to support project development.

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