The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), on behalf of the Offshore Wind Environmental Technical Working Group (E-TWG) and the Fisheries Technical Working Group (F-TWG), hosted the 2026 State of the Science Workshop on Offshore Energy, Wildlife, … Continued
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) approved a mutual agreement to terminate the State Agreement Approach (SAA) agreement with PJM Interconnection (PJM), the regional transmission organization, effectively ending the coordinated offshore wind transmission planning framework that had been … Continued
The first wind turbine was successfully installed at the Sunrise Wind project site offshore New York. The project, which will consist of 84 Siemens Gamesa 8-megawatt (MW) wind turbines once fully constructed, is located approximately 30 miles east of Montauk … Continued
Green Oceans, a Rhode Island-based organization, along with a coalition of plaintiffs including the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head–Aquinnah, the Narragansett Indian Tribes, commercial fishermen, and coastal stakeholders, filed a new federal lawsuit in the United States District Court for … Continued
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on the use of U.S.-flagged and foreign-flagged vessels in offshore wind projects and the extent to which offshore wind development has spurred investment in the U.S. maritime industry. The report, requested … Continued
Researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) published a study examining whether underwater noise from offshore wind farm construction affects the physiology and behavior of the American lobster (Homarus americanus). The research used SoundTraps deployed by commercial lobster fishers … Continued
Electricity from wind turbines standing 27 to 44 miles off Virginia Beach, Virginia, reached the electric grid for the first time on March 23, 2026, marking a major milestone for Dominion Energy’s 2.6-gigawatt (GW) Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind-Commercial (CVOW-C) project. … Continued
Construction is complete on Vineyard Wind 1, the nation’s first commercial-scale offshore wind project, located approximately 15 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard and southwest of Nantucket, Massachusetts. The 806-megawatt (MW) project, a joint venture of Avangrid and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, … Continued
Revolution Wind, a 704-megawatt (MW) offshore wind farm located off the coast of Rhode Island and Connecticut, began delivering power to the New England electric grid on March 14, 2026. The project, a 50/50 joint venture between Global Infrastructure Partners’ … Continued
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) published a proposed rule in the Federal Register proposing amendments to the existing 2024 offshore financial assurance requirements that apply to offshore wind and oil and gas activities on the Outer Continental Shelf … Continued