The Department of the Interior today announced its approval of the Atlantic Shores South offshore wind energy project – the nation’s ninth commercial-scale, offshore wind energy project. The Atlantic Shores South wind project consists of two wind energy facilities — … Continued
BOEM announced its approval of the New England Wind Construction and Operations Plan (COP), which authorizes construction and operation of two wind energy projects, known as New England Wind 1 and New England Wind 2, which together will have a … Continued
BOEM announced its approval of Sunrise Wind’s plan for construction and operations. This is the final approval from BOEM, following the Department of the Interior’s March 24 Record of Decision on the Project. The Sunrise Wind Project will be located … Continued
The NEAMAP Operations Committee has recently generated a paper on The Northeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program (NEAMAP) principles. This paper defines a “NEAMAP survey” for any survey that declares itself as “following NEAMAP protocols”. NEAMAP surveys are conducted by … Continued
NYSERDA through Request for Proposals (RFP) 5554 seeks a qualified entity to serve as the Regional Fund Administrator to design and develop an offshore wind energy-related comprehensive fisheries compensatory mitigation fund and associated claims processes to serve states, the fishing community, and … Continued
The Vineyard Wind 1 project has launched its Fisheries Compensatory Mitigation Program to provide fair, equitable compensation to commercial fishermen for economic impacts attributable to the project’s construction, operations, and decommissioning activities. The launch of the program opens a 90-day … Continued
The Vineyard Wind 1 project has launched its Fisheries Compensatory Mitigation Program to provide fair, equitable compensation to commercial fishermen for economic impacts attributable to the project’s construction, operations, and decommissioning activities. The launch of the program opens a 90-day … Continued
New York Governor Hochul announced the State has conditionally awarded two offshore wind projects from its fourth offshore wind solicitation – a planned 810-MW project, Empire Wind 1 and Sunrise Wind, a planned 924-MW project. The projects will create more … Continued
In support of the Biden-Harris administration’s goal of deploying 30 GW of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030, BOEM has completed its environmental review of the proposed New England Wind project offshore Massachusetts. BOEM estimates the proposed project would generate … Continued
South Fork Wind installed the final wind turbine on February 20, 2024. The 132 MW South Fork Wind, located 56 km east of Montauk Point, NY, comprises twelve 11-MW wind turbines installed on monopile foundations. The first turbine was installed … Continued