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US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has ordered a halt to construction of Equinor’s Empire Wind project off the coast of New York, saying information suggests the Biden administration approved it without sufficient environmental analysis.
[Read more…] about Trump halts Equinor’s 810MW Empire WindThe Massachusetts town of Nantucket has appealed the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s permit for Ocean Winds’ up to 2400MW SouthCoast Wind project.
[Read more…] about Nantucket appeals SouthCoast Wind permitAtlantic Shores, which has federal approval to build two offshore wind farms off the coast of Atlantic City, says it remains committed to delivering New Jersey’s first offshore wind project even though its partner in the venture, Shell, is exiting and writing off its $1 billion investment.
[Read more…] about Atlantic Shores says OWP continues despite Shell’s exitThe Trump administration’s drive to derail offshore wind development claimed another victim last Tuesday when the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management cancelled virtual public meetings on an environmental impact study for the New York Bight project.
[Read more…] about BOEM cancels meetings for Vineyard Mid-Atlantic wind projectThe Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced its approval of the Construction and Operations Plan for the SouthCoast Wind Project.
[Read more…] about BOEM approves Construction and Operations Plan SouthCoast OWFIn support of the Biden-Harris administration’s goals to deploy 30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030 and 15 GW of floating offshore wind energy capacity by 2035, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today announced the publication of a Call for Information and Nominations (Call) for possible wind energy leasing off the coast of the U.S. Pacific Territory of Guam.
[Read more…] about Offshore Wind Energy Leasing in GuamThe U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) recently announced the approval of the SouthCoast Wind Project.
[Read more…] about BOEM approves SouthCoast Wind ProjectOceantic Network celebrates today’s successful conclusion of one of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) largest offshore wind lease sales and the first in the Gulf of Maine.
[Read more…] about U.S. Offshore Wind adds 6.8 GW potential with Gulf of Maine auctionToday, Atlantic Shores Offshore announced that it has received Construction and Operations Plan (COP) approvals from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) for Atlantic Shores Projects 1 and 2, which combined will generate enough renewable energy to serve more than 1 million New Jersey homes.
[Read more…] about Atlantic Shores Projects 1 and 2 Construction and Operations Plans approvedThe Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced on 27 September that it is delaying the offshore wind energy auction planned for potential lease areas offshore Oregon due to insufficient bidder interest at this time.
[Read more…] about BOEM postpones Oregon Offshore Wind Energy auction
