Offshore Wind

About 9.9 million acres in the Gulf of Maine are being considered by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management for potential wind energy leasing. BOEM graphic.

BOEM holding public sessions on offshore wind energy in Gulf of Maine

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BOEM Director Amanda Lefton announced offshore wind call areas April 27, 2022 at the International Partnering Forum in Atlantic City, N.J. Kirk Moore photo.

Early architect of U.S. offshore wind named to head BOEM

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A team from the Marine Mammal Stranding Center examined a dead 30-foot juvenile humpback whale that washed up at Atlantic City, N.J., Jan. 7. Atlantic City Police Department photo.

Offshore wind critics call for investigation of New Jersey whale strandings

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Mayflower Wind proposes to develop 804 megawatts of wind energy starting about 20 miles southwest of Nantucket. Mayflower Wind image.

Massachusetts regulators uphold offshore wind contracts

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The trawler Virginia Marise from Point Judith, R.I., near the Block Island Wind Farm. Deepwater Wind photo.

Atlantic states look to regional fisheries mitigation for offshore wind

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The Bureau of Offshore Energy Management opened bidding Dec. 6 on 373.267 acres of federal waters off California for offshore wind energy development. BOEM graphic.

California wind auction hits $757 million

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The Bureau of Offshore Energy Management opened bidding Dec. 6 on 373.267 acres of federal waters off California for offshore wind energy development. BOEM graphic.

California offshore wind lease bids $402 million in first rounds

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BOEM is proposing new wind energy areas totaling 1,148 square miles off Lake Charles, La., and Galveston, Texas. Some potential lease blocks are being excluded for shrimp fishing. BOEM graphic.

Offshore wind advocates see Gulf of Mexico future

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Sediment plumes trail from the Thanet offshore wind turbine array in the North Sea in June 2015. NASA Earth Observatory/Jesse Allen.

Wind turbines will affect base of ocean food chain, study predicts

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Offshore operators, shipbuilders need offshore wind ‘certainty’

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BOEM's proposal for eight wind energy areas off the central U.S. Atlantic coast covers about 1.7 million acres, down from 3.9 million acres in the agency's original call area in April 2022. BOEM graphic.

BOEM adapts Gulf of Mexico wind planning to central Atlantic

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