The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is holding a BOEM an Oregon Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Task Force meeting on September 27. Members of the public are invited to attend. In addition to providing an update on BOEM activities and an overview of the offshore renewable energy leasing process, BOEM…

Governor Janet Mills, D-Maine, has made several new announcements this week, including signing into law LD 994, legislation that requires the Public Utilities Commission to approve the contract for Maine Aqua Ventus — the first of its kind demonstration project of floating offshore wind in the United States. “With the innovative work being done at…

The U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has published the official notice for comment on Anbaric’s proposed New York and New Jersey OceanGrids, advancing the projects along in the federal approval process. Anbaric is the first to present to BOEM a planned transmission system for New York and New Jersey, and to…

Global offshore wind cooperation took a leap forward this week as offshore wind regulators from around the world met as a group for the first time to discuss important issues related to this rapidly growing industry. Regulators for Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, The Netherlands, Norway, Scotland, the United Kingdom, and the United States gathered to…

The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is leading an effort to consider birds in their planning of wind energy development off the shores of California, including in three areas approximately 25 to 50 miles off the coasts of Humboldt Bay, Morro Bay, and Diablo Canyon – areas designated as having wind energy potential.…

The U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced that it will share information on current planning activities for possible offshore wind development along the California coast during a public information meeting on December 13, 2018, in San Luis Obispo, California. BOEM published a Call for Information and Nominations on October 19,…

The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is inviting the public to a California Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Task Force meeting on September 17, during which offshore wind leasing will be discussed. The meeting will be held at The Citizen Hotel in Sacramento from 8:30am to 3pm. There will be an opportunity for public…

The article was first published by New Energy Update Germany’s ENBW has entered the North American offshore wind market by joining Trident Wind’s project to build up to 1 GW of floating wind capacity off the coast of central California. ENBW has created a regional subsidiary, EnBW North America, and formed a joint venture with Trident…

BOEM announced the agency will now accept comments through July 30, 2018 for information and nominations for offshore wind development within the New York Bight region. In addition, BOEM will be working with affected states in the New York Bight to plan additional stakeholder engagement opportunities with key stakeholder groups, such as commercial and recreational…

In support of the President’s America-First Offshore Energy Strategy, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced a Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Construction and Operations Plan (COP) submitted by Vineyard Wind LLC, which would allow it to construct and operate an 800-MW wind energy facility…

In support of the Administration’s “America First Energy Plan,” the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is pleased to announce the availability of draft guidelines for the use of a “Design Envelope” approach in Construction and Operations Plans (COPs) for offshore wind energy facilities in the United States. “The Outer Continental Shelf’s offshore wind potential…

Eight weeks after NYSERDA released its Area for Consideration for at least four new offshore wind energy areas in the New York Bight, the U.S. Department of Interior’s BOEM held a half-day webinar to present the bureau’s response.

The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is inviting the public to attend its annual meeting of the New York Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Task Force on October 3 in New York. The meeting is being held to continue stakeholder engagement related to the development of offshore wind resources on the Outer Continental Shelf offshore…

These standards and guidelines will form the basis for BOEM to establish transparent compliance requirements that will help industry, in turn, provide safe and reliable U.S. offshore wind facilities that serve the U.S. electric supply

Statoil will now have the opportunity to explore the potential development of an offshore wind farm in the lease area to provide New York with a significant, long-term source of clean and renewable electricity.

Rights to develop offshore wind energy in an expanse of ocean real estate 24 nautical miles away from the North Carolina coast sold for $9 million in an auction held by the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). The winning bid was placed by Avangrid Renewables, which recently completed North Carolina’s first land-based wind…

BOEM has received unsolicited lease requests from two companies seeking to develop offshore wind energy on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). These requests are for areas located offshore New York and Massachusetts and are not in response to a formal call for interest. BOEM has finished its review of the unsolicited lease requests and deemed…

As a result of the North Carolina analysis in the revised EA, BOEM issued a Finding of No Significant Impact, which concluded that reasonably foreseeable environmental effects associated with the issuance of commercial wind leases and related activities would not significantly impact the environment.

Lawyers representing a host of fishing communities, associations, and businesses, led by scallop industry trade group the Fisheries Survival Fund, argued in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., against the lease sale of 127 square miles of ocean off the coast of Long Island for wind energy development.