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Global Offshore Wind Market Sails Away From US #ThanksTrump
Last Updated on: 25th June 2025, 01:02 pm The global offshore wind market is heading for another boom year in 2025, though industry insiders advise that it won’t be quite as boomy as in the past. Blame the US, which is failing to flex its considerable offshore muscles despite the luxury of vast, sprawling coastlines […]

Last Updated on: 25th June 2025, 01:02 pm
The global offshore wind market is heading for another boom year in 2025, though industry insiders advise that it won’t be quite as boomy as in the past. Blame the US, which is failing to flex its considerable offshore muscles despite the luxury of vast, sprawling coastlines at its disposal along with huge energy-hungry coastal populations. Still, the long term outlook is rosier. After all, US presidents come and go, but wind is forever.
The US Is Dragging Down The Global Offshore Wind Market
On the bright side, the global offshore wind industry added an impressive 8 gigawatts of installed capacity in 2024, the fourth-highest amount on record.
“This brings total installed offshore wind capacity globally to 83 GW – enough to power 73 million households,” notes the Global Wind Energy Council in a newly released report, “Global Offshore Wind Report.”
While the global wind industry did not set a new record for installed capacity last year, it did set a new record for the capacity of offshore wind farms still under construction, to the tune of 48 gigawatts. In addition, various governments collectively set a record for new offshore lease auctions in 2024, at 56 gigawatts.
So much for the good news. “However, despite the strong pipeline, the report shows that macroeconomic headwinds, failed auctions, supply chain constraints and increasing policy instability, particularly in the US, have contributed to a downgrading of GWEC’s short term outlook,” the organization advises.
“Of course, the sector has faced challenges, and in particularly policy instability in the US has had a significant impact, as well as failed auctions in mature markets,” notes GWEC Deputy CEO Rebecca Williams, referring to hiccups in the UK and Denmark offshore auctions last year in addition to the abrupt shift in US energy policy this year.
The Global Offshore Wind Industry Forges Ahead, Without The US
“GWEC’s short-term outlook is 24% lower than the previous year’s forecast due to a negative policy environment in the US and auction failures in the UK and Denmark,” GWEC emphasized in a press statement, again pointing the finger at the US.
As well they should. Why is the US holding back when it measures its offshore wind potential in terawatts, not mere gigawatts? How should I know? Ask a Republican!
The numbers don’t lie. “Fixed-bottom and floating offshore wind energy technology could provide terawatts of power to the United States’ grid,” the National Renewable Energy Laboratory reminded everyone earlier this year, in an updated assessment.
According to NREL’s calculations, the technical potential for conventional fixed-bottom wind turbines stands at 1.5 terawatts, with another 2.5 terawatts coming from the relatively new field of floating offshore wind.
Too bad all that potential will go to waste, at least for the time being. With the US out of the picture, GWEC anticipates that other established markets — namely, Europe and China — will account for most of the industry’s near-term growth.
GWEC also takes note of rising activity in the relatively new markets of the Asia-Pacific and Latin America. The organization also lists eight promising additional hotspots — Japan, South Korea, Philippines, Vietnam, Australia, Brazil, and Colombia — where governments are working with industry to fast-track offshore projects.
Woe is us! While all this activity is happening all over the world, US President Donald Trump summarily dumped almost the entire US offshore wind industry down the drain upon taking office. In addition to ripping up a whole stack of settled offshore leases and revoking a “final” permit for one project that was ready to begin construction, the President also threatened to stop another project in mid-construction. That threat turned out to be an empty one, but the damage has been done.
Even without the US, GWEC expects that annual growth rates will continue to hit 28% in the near term before hitting 15% between 20230 and 2034. In terms of installed capacity, that means the global wind industry will “sail past the milestones of 30GW annually in 2030 and 50 GW by 2033,” GWEC summarizes.
Thousands Of US Jobs Evaporate: #ThanksTrump
When Trump cut his own country off from terawatts of clean kilowatts, he did quite a bit of damage to the clean energy movement. However, that’s not all he did. He also stomped out thousands of portside and at-sea jobs in coastal communities, and that’s just the tip of the employment iceberg. Trump also tossed out thousands of manufacturing jobs in the domestic offshore wind supply chain, with red and blue states alike feeling the hurt.
The US trade organization Oceantic Network tried to warn Trump after he won the hearts and minds of the US electorate last November. In a press statement, Oceantic President and CEO Liz Burdock noted that the US offshore wind lease program — which launched in force during Trump’s first term in office — has generated $40 billion in new investment, of which $24 billion has gone into manufacturing, vessel building, and related activities across 39 states.
For the record, Oceantic counts more than 450 supply chain stakeholders in its membership list.
Oh, well. That’s all water under the bridge. If the US keeps sitting this one out, supply chain stakeholders all over the world are eager to make bank off the global offshore wind industry. “We believe that to fully unlock the large-scale deployment potential of offshore wind, global supply chain collaboration is crucial,” noted Mingyang Smart Energy President and CTO Mr. Zhang Qiying, in a statement supporting the new GWEC report.
What’s Next For The US Offshore Wind Industry
If Mingyang Smart Energy rings a bell, you may be thinking of a design for a new offshore turbine foundation the company introduced back in 2022. Their jacket-type foundation is more elaborate than the simple monopile foundations typically used in offshore wind farms, but it does enable an aquaculture operation to piggyback on the structure.
“This typhoon-resistant structure includes an intelligent aquaculture system with remote functions, such as automated feeding, monitoring, detection, and collection,” Minyang explained, anticipating that a single jacket could host up to 150,000 fish.
It’s not just Minyang. The idea of dual-or even multi-purposing wind turbine foundations is catching hold as developers seek additional value streams. Other examples include the placement of floating solar panels and wave energy devices between the turbines. Green hydrogen is another option, with electrolyzers attached onto individual turbine foundations or floating within a turbine array on their own platform.
Circling back to the food-water-energy nexus, keep an eye on Sweden, where a plan is afoot to host an aquaculture operation among the floating wind turbines of the proposed Mareld wind farm in the North Sea.
The US consumes a lot of seafood and it sure would be nice to explore new opportunities for the domestic fish farm industry to expand and, you know, create more jobs. Just saying.
Photo (cropped): The US offshore wind industry has been forced to wave buh-bye from shore as the global wind industry moves on to pursue new clean energy opportunities (courtesy of US Department of Energy).
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Their job: Help kids in YES track program run, compete while having summertime fun
When Boston teens and kids head to South Boston’s Moakley Park on Monday and Thursday nights for the Summer Track and Field Program run by Youth Enrichment Services (YES), they are met by staff members who, not too long ago, walked or ran a mile in their shoes. Dorchester’s Katie Keating, now 21 and a […]

When Boston teens and kids head to South Boston’s Moakley Park on Monday and Thursday nights for the Summer Track and Field Program run by Youth Enrichment Services (YES), they are met by staff members who, not too long ago, walked or ran a mile in their shoes.
Dorchester’s Katie Keating, now 21 and a senior at Connecticut College, spent every summer of elementary school with YES, running around the track at Moakley’s Saunders Stadium.
“I did YES as a kid, and now I’m back here as an activity coordinator (AC), said the mid-distance runner on ConnCollege’s Women’s Track and Field team. “I just want to give back to the community that gave me my favorite sport. I love seeing all the kids. They’re so happy and they really enjoy it and it reminds me of younger me.”
As an AC, Keating, who as a high school athlete was the captain of the John D. O’Bryant Track and Field team, works with colleagues Athena James and Lailonie Johnson to ensure that everything runs smoothly before, during, and after the weekly practices.
“Normally, we get here a little bit before all the assistant coaches get here, “ she said. “We basically just start setting up and making sure all the hurdles and the long jump pit are set up for the kids.” They then take attendance and direct the children to their groups.
James, a Roxbury native and a rising sophomore at Merrimack College, got involved with YES as kind of an accident.
“My nephew does the cross country in the fall, and I think sometimes in the spring,” said the 19-year-old one-time high school track athlete. “One time I was here, coming along with my big sister, and they were short on volunteers, and I was like ‘I’m free.’”
She said she wants the kids to have fun while running and she credits YES because it welcomes all levels of athletes; then it’s up to them to “bring their own competitiveness.”
Johnson, 20, hopes to have an impact on the kids both on and off the track. “I know how important it is to help with children,” said the Dorchester native. “For me, it’s just all about helping the kids grow, whether that be succeeding through track or creating new avenues. They are our future.”
She noted that YES teaches its kids not to give up when things get hard, to have “endurance at track and endurance in life.”
For more information on the program visit yeskids.org.
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Women’s Volleyball Releases 2025 Schedule With Opener Planned For August 29 Against Westfield
Story Links Springfield, Mass. – July 24, 2025 – The Springfield College women’s volleyball team and head coach Moira Long has officially announced the program’s 2025 schedule which is slated to get underway on August 29 against Westfield State in Blake Arena. FULL SCHEDULE The Pride will play a 29-game schedule that […]

Springfield, Mass. – July 24, 2025 – The Springfield College women’s volleyball team and head coach Moira Long has officially announced the program’s 2025 schedule which is slated to get underway on August 29 against Westfield State in Blake Arena.
FULL SCHEDULE
The Pride will play a 29-game schedule that includes 11 New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) contests and 18 non-conference matches against teams from both in and out of the region. Six of Springfield’s opponents reached the NCAA Tournament last fall including Middlebury College, MIT, NYU, Smith College, Endicott College and Stevens. Five of those six teams appeared in the final AVCA Division III poll at the conclusion of the 2024 campaign highlighted by MIT ranked ninth and Middlebury ranked 22nd. NYU, Smith and Stevens all received votes in the poll as well.
A season ago, Springfield produced 22 wins including nine victories in conference play and reached the NEWMAC semifinal round after securing the second seed in the tournament. The Pride earned an at-large berth to the NCAA tournament and appeared on the national stage for the tenth time under Long’s direction.
Springfield will host the Joel B. Dearing ’79 Volleyball Classic to open the 2025 season against Westfield State, Skidmore College and Rivier University in Blake Arena before hitting the road for the next ten contests which are highlighted by tournament’s at both Haverford (against the host Fords, Scranton and Lynchburg) and Stevens (against the host Ducks, Oneonta and Sarah Lawrence). The road trip will conclude with the team’s NEWMAC opener at Wellesley College on September 23 before rounding out the month with a home match against WPI on September 27 and a road tilt at Smith on September 30.
Springfield will open the month of October with a tri-match at Emerson and just a couple of weeks later will travel to MIT for a tri-match with the nationally-ranked Engineers and NYU in Rockwell Cage. The Pride will then host the New England Challenge in Blake Arena for the first time in program history welcoming NESCAC rivals Middlebury, Tufts and Williams as well as NEWMAC foes Babson and MIT to Springfield. Springfield will wrap up the regular season against Clark (October 28) and Babson (November 8) at home and Salve Regina (November 4) on the road prior to the NEWMAC tournament.
The NEWMAC Tournament will begin on Tuesday, November 11 and a champion will be crowned on Sunday, November 16. The higher seeded team will be named the host in each quarterfinal before the semifinal and championship will take place at the highest remaining seed. The winner of the NEWMAC title will earn the league’s automatic berth to the NCAA Division III Women’s Volleyball Tournament.
For the latest on Springfield College Athletics, follow the Pride on social media on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Be sure to tune into all Springfield College Athletic events by subscribing to FloSports.
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Left On Friday Swim Review
On the flip side, don’t let the fact that these suits are meant to move with you lead you into thinking the silhouettes and sizing are made solely for the super-fit among us. Sizes range from XS to XXL, including tall lengths for one-pieces and tops specifically made for bigger busts. Because no matter your […]

On the flip side, don’t let the fact that these suits are meant to move with you lead you into thinking the silhouettes and sizing are made solely for the super-fit among us. Sizes range from XS to XXL, including tall lengths for one-pieces and tops specifically made for bigger busts. Because no matter your body type, it’s wonderful to have a bathing suit that makes you feel confident and comfortable. Even as a nursing mom, Bowie feels the fit is spot on. As she tells me, “I’m a nursing mom in my 40s and this swimsuit still works. I’m partial to a one-piece and intensely studied the butt coverage before selecting this suit, but it does feel like a swimsuit that prioritizes quality, style and performance.”
Speaking of “studying butt coverage,” another aspect of the brand both Bowie and I adore is the vast amount of information and guidance available on the Left On Friday website. The silhouettes offered are deceptively simple given the immense amount of research, design and feedback that’s gone into each new release, but you can get a glimpse into all that effort with the extensive Fit Guide or tool for comparing styles.
“I also relied extensively on the brand’s Fit Guide when ordering,” notes Bowie, “which I found to be one of the best I’ve ever experienced on a site. The level of detail is impressive: There’s measurements, coupled with photos of real women so you can get a sense of body type. I also love the brand’s “What Size Am I?” gallery.” Swimwear sizing is all too often so frustrating to figure out, and no one wants to order multiple sizes and return whichever one doesn’t fit—I’m not looking to add a trip to USPS to my already packed schedule. But I also found the extensive sizing information to be extremely helpful, and every time I’ve received a new suit it’s been a perfect fit.
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Steed Wins Magnolia Amateur – Vanderbilt University Athletics – Official Athletics Website
HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Vanderbilt men’s golf incoming freshman Jon Ed Steed became the latest Commodore to win a summer amateur event, as he captured medalist honors at the Magnolia Amateur at the Hattiesburg Country Club on Thursday. Steed won the tournament with a 54-hole score of 14-under 199 with round scores of 66-68-65. He caught […]

HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Vanderbilt men’s golf incoming freshman Jon Ed Steed became the latest Commodore to win a summer amateur event, as he captured medalist honors at the Magnolia Amateur at the Hattiesburg Country Club on Thursday.
Steed won the tournament with a 54-hole score of 14-under 199 with round scores of 66-68-65. He caught fire in Round 3 on Thursday, as he carded 6-under 65 in his final go-around the course in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Steed strung together five birdies on the back nine in the third round, four of which came on Holes 11-14.
The Enterprise, Alabama, native becomes the third Commodore to win an amateur tournament this season, joining sophomore Ryan Downes and incoming transfer Carlos Astiazaran. Downes earned medalist honors at the 117th Massachusetts Amateur back on July 12, while Astiazaran has won the 125th North & South Amateur and the 97th Mexican National Amateur Championship in June.
For more information and exclusive content on the Vanderbilt men’s golf team, follow @VandyMGolf on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter/X.
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Volleyball picked third in Big Ten Preseason Poll
Story Links MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin volleyball team has been picked to finish third in the 2025 Big Ten Volleyball Preseason Poll, announced by the Big Ten Thursday afternoon. Seniors Carter Booth and Mimi Colyer, and sophomore Charlie Fuerbringer were also named to the Big Ten Volleyball Preseason All-Conference Team. […]

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin volleyball team has been picked to finish third in the 2025 Big Ten Volleyball Preseason Poll, announced by the Big Ten Thursday afternoon. Seniors Carter Booth and Mimi Colyer, and sophomore Charlie Fuerbringer were also named to the Big Ten Volleyball Preseason All-Conference Team.
The Badgers are tabbed to finish third this season in the Big Ten, behind Nebraska and the reigning National Champions, Penn State. In 2024, Wisconsin finished third in the standings with Penn State and Nebraska finishing at the top of the standings.
Wisconsin’s Carter Booth, Mimi Colyer and Charlie Fuerbringer have also been named to the Preseason All-Conference Team. Booth, a 2024 All-Big Ten Second Team honoree, averaged 1.35 blocks per set, good for fifth-best in the Big Ten, and added 1.70 kills per set a season ago.
With a season under her belt, setter Charlie Fuerbringer will lead the Badger offense once again. The 2024 Third Team All-American averaged 10.95 assists per set, fourth in the Big Ten, added 2.50 digs per set, and totaled 37 aces.
New to the Badgers, but not to the league, senior outside hitter Mimi Colyer adds to the Badger offense coming in with 3.97 kills per set which was eighth-best in the Big Ten, 2.19 digs per set and 0.78 blocks per set from 2024. Colyer comes to the Badgers with a plethora of experience and accolades, including three-time AVCA All-America honors.
The Badgers kickoff the season with the Red and White scrimmage on Saturday, August 16 at 1 p.m., and will follow with an exhibition against Notre Dame the next day at 1 p.m. at the UW Field House.
2025 Big Ten Volleyball Preseason Poll
- Nebraska
- Penn State
- Wisconsin
- Minnesota
- UCLA
- USC
- Purdue
- Washington
- Illinois
- Michigan
- Indiana
- Oregon
- Ohio State
- Michigan State
- Northwestern
- Maryland
- Iowa
- Rutgers
2025 Big Ten Volleyball Preseason All-Conference Team
Allison Jacobs, MICH, Gr. OH
Julia Hanson, MINN, Sr. OH
Mckenna Wucherer, MINN, Sr., OH
HARPER MURRAY, NEB, Jr., OH
ANDI JACKSON, NEB, Jr., MB
BERGEN REILLY, NEB, Jr., S
Rebekah Allick, NEB, Sr., MB
KENNEDY MARTIN, PSU, Jr., OPP
IZZY STARCK, PSU, So., S
Gillian Grimes, PSU, Sr., L
Cheridyn Leverette, UCLA, Jr., OH
Maggie Li, UCLA, Jr., OH
Marianna Singletary, UCLA, RS-Jr., MB
Phekran Kong, UCLA, Gr., MB
Adonia Faumuina, USC, Jr., OH
Kierstyn Barton, WASH, Jr., OH
Julia Hunt, WASH, So., MB
Carter Booth, WIS, Sr., MB
Mimi Colyer, WIS, Sr., OH
Charlie Fuerbringer, So., S
Unanimous Selection ALL CAPS
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Beach Volleyball Earns 2025 AVCA Team Academic Award
Story Links LEXINGTON, Ky. – For the sixth-straight year, Austin Peay State University’s beach volleyball program earned the American Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Awards, announced by the AVCA earlier this week. The Governors posted at least a 3.8 grade-point average across both the fall and spring semesters of the 2024-25 […]

LEXINGTON, Ky. – For the sixth-straight year, Austin Peay State University’s beach volleyball program earned the American Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Awards, announced by the AVCA earlier this week.
The Governors posted at least a 3.8 grade-point average across both the fall and spring semesters of the 2024-25 academic year, with a 3.8 GPA in the fall and a 3.84 in the spring. Additionally, APSU had 12 student-athletes selected to the dean’s list and another four who earned Athletic Director’s Honor Roll last year. The program also has posted at least a 3.0 GPA for 17-straight semesters and had all 10 of its student-athletes post at least a 3.0 GPA during the previous academic year.
“It is very exciting to see that the record-setting, on-court successes during the 2024-25 season have extended to the classroom,” said AVCA CEO Jaime Gordon. “The fact that more programs earned the Team Academic Award than ever before is evidence of how committed our coaches are when it comes to helping their players reach their goals as both students and athletes.”
Austin Peay’s beach volleyball team was among 1,450 collegiate and high school teams which maintained a year-long GPA of at least 3.3 to earn the honor. The Governors were one of 40 Division I beach volleyball programs to earn the award.
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