BOEM director announces Gulf of Mexico Wind Energy Areas

BOEM takes regional approach to New York Bight environmental review

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will conduct a regional environmental review of the six New York Bight offshore lease areas offshore New York and New Jersey. Leases for these six

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BOEM moves ahead on Maryland offshore wind project

Continuing the momentum to achieve the Biden administration’s goal of deploying 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030, the Department of the Interior today announced that the Bureau of Ocean

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California offshore wind plans move another step forward

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) reported yesterday that it had completed its environmental review of potential impacts from offshore wind energy leasing activities in the Humboldt Wind Energy Area (WEA),

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BOEM opens the way for lease sales in two more offshore wind areas

The U.S. Department of the Interior says that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will publish two separate calls for information and nominations for possible offshore wind leasing in areas that

Biden budget seeks $237.4 million for BOEM

The Biden administration budget request for fiscal year 2023 asks for $237.4 million in total budget authority to fund the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s mission to manage U.S. offshore energy and

BOEM director announces Gulf of Mexico Wind Energy Areas

Carolinas offshore wind lease sale set for May

The Department of the Interior announced today that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has completed its environmental review and will hold a wind energy auction for two lease areas offshore

Industry again battles DPF mandate

AWO submits comments on California offshore wind project

The American Waterways Operators (AWO) has submitted comments to the Bureau of Offshore Energy Management (BOEM) regarding the scoping for the Humboldt Bay California wind energy area Environmental Assessment. The letter reinforces

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Court invalidates giant U.S. Gulf lease sale

In a ruling yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Judge Rudolph Contreras invalidated the Department of Interior’s decision to offer 80 million acres in the Gulf of

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NY’s first offshore wind farm gets approval to start construction

The Construction and Operations Plan (COP) for South Fork Wind, New York’s first offshore wind farm, has received approval from the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM).

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BOEM moves ahead on New York Bight and GoM offshore wind

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced today that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold a wind auction February 23 for more than 480,000 acres offshore New York and

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