The Regional Offshore Wind Fisheries Compensation Program — an initiative of the eleven states along the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic seaboard, from Maine through North Carolina — has released a Draft Regional Offshore Wind Fisheries Compensation Framework for public review and … Continued
The Office of the New York City Comptroller released a comprehensive report examining the challenges facing New York City’s clean energy transition, including the implications of the ongoing federal actions affecting offshore wind development. The report notes that New York … Continued
A new federal lawsuit has been filed challenging offshore wind farm leases in waters off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and New York, adding to the complex litigation landscape surrounding East Coast offshore wind development. The lawsuit comes as multiple legal challenges … Continued
Nineteen state attorneys general filed a lawsuit against the Department of Defense (DoD) in U.S. District Court in Portland, Oregon, alleging that the DoD unlawfully froze routine reviews of wind energy projects across the country beginning in August 2025. The … Continued
Researchers at the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography are studying how Jonah crabs (Cancer borealis) are utilizing offshore wind turbine foundations as habitat, as the Southern New England lobster population continues to decline. Emmanuel Oyewole, a Ph.D. … Continued
The Department of the Interior (Doi) signed an order creating the Marine Minerals Administration, a new bureau that reunifies the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), the two agencies that have … Continued
The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) announced a settlement agreement with Duke Energy under which the utility will voluntarily terminate its offshore wind lease in the Carolina Long Bay Wind Energy Area off the coast of North Carolina in … Continued
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) took delivery of the MV Acadia, the first U.S.-flagged, Jones Act-compliant subsea rock installation vessel (SRIV), marking a significant milestone for the domestic offshore wind construction fleet. The vessel, ordered from Philly Shipyard … Continued
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey joined union workers and industry representatives in New Bedford, Massachusetts, to celebrate the completion of Vineyard Wind 1, the nation’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm, even as the project continued to face financial disputes with turbine … Continued
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey, speaking at an event in New Bedford celebrating the completion of the Vineyard Wind 1 project, indicated that her administration is exploring new legislative and regulatory tools to provide greater flexibility in offshore wind permitting and … Continued