A federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction allowing construction of the Sunrise Wind Offshore Wind Project to resume impacted activities while the underlying lawsuit challenging the December 22, 2025 suspension order issued by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management … Continued
Wind turbine installation on Dominion Energy’s 2.6 gigawatt (GW) Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind-Commercial (CVOW-C) Project has started with the first of the project’s 176 Siemens Gamesa 14 megawatt (MW) wind turbines currently being erected. The work is being carried out … Continued
A federal judge cleared U.S. power company Dominion Energy to resume work on its Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project, one of the five offshore wind projects affected by the December 22 stop work order issued by the Bureau of … Continued
A federal judge ruled that construction on the Empire Wind project could resume following the December 22 order issued by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), which paused construction for at least 90 days on five major offshore wind … Continued
A federal judge ruled that work on the Revolution Wind offshore wind project can resume following the December 22 stop work order issued by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), which paused construction for at least 90 days on … Continued
Vineyard Wind is challenging the December 22 order issued by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), which paused construction for at least 90 days on five major offshore wind projects while the federal government reviews unspecified national security concerns. … Continued
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issued 90-day suspension orders for five offshore wind projects under construction along the East Coast: Vineyard Wind 1 (Massachusetts), Revolution Wind (Rhode Island/Connecticut), Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind, Sunrise Wind (New York), and Empire … Continued
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (SPEED) Act (H.R. 4776) with a 221-196 vote. The bipartisan legislation, sponsored by Representatives Bruce Westerman (R-AR) and Jared Golden (D-ME), aims to reform the National Environmental … Continued
The Maryland Department of General Services and Office of State Procurement released an Invitation for Bids (IFB) for offshore wind power, seeking developers who can enter into 20-year power purchase agreements to deliver electricity from offshore wind projects. The procurement … Continued
A research paper on the importance of engagement with fisheries, aquaculture, and fishing communities in offshore wind development was published in the ICES Journal of Marine Science. The paper addresses offshore wind energy and the fishing industry in the northeastern … Continued