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BOEM Issues FEIS for Avangrid’s New England Wind Lease Area

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has issued the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for Avangrid’s New England Wind lease area, bringing the...

BOEM Completes Environmental Analysis for New England Wind Project 

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has completed its environmental review of the proposed New England Wind project, located offshore Massachusetts, which the...

Ecowende Leading Offshore Wind Wildlife Monitoring Initiative

Robin Radar, MIDO and DHI have joined with Ecowende to implement wildlife monitoring, detection systems and data collection on various birds and bats who...

The Crown Estate Concludes Celtic Sea Habitats Regulations Assessment

The Crown Estate has concluded its Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA), covering the three Celtic Sea Project Development Areas (PDAs) being made available through the...

BOEM Seeks Input on Proposed Massachusetts Offshore Wind Site 

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is opening a 30-day public comment period, ending on March 4, inviting public comment on the Draft...

Orsted, Van Oord Partner on North Sea Oyster Reef Restoration

Ørsted and Van Oord’s initiative, Ocean Health, has announced it will install droppable oyster structures in offshore wind farm Borssele 1&2, introducing the European...

BOEM Seeks Comment on Draft Analysis of Central Atlantic Energy Areas

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced the availability of its draft environmental review of wind energy areas off the shores of...

BOEM Ready to Review California Offshore Wind Lease Areas

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) says it will be conducting a regional environmental review of potential development activities on the five offshore...

BOEM Completes Sunrise Wind Environmental Review

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has completed its environmental review of the proposed Sunrise Wind energy project, located approximately 16.4 nm south...

UConn Collaborating with Revolution Wind on Fisheries Research

Ørsted and Eversource, developers of Connecticut's first offshore wind farm, Revolution Wind, and UConn Avery Point are establishing a multi-year fisheries research program to study the...

Unique Program Uses Unmanned Craft to Monitor Bats in Offshore Environment

Saildrone, a provider of ocean data using uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs), and Bat Conservation International (BCI), a global conservation organization, have completed a mission...

BOEM Finishes EIS for Proposed N.Y. Offshore Wind Project

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has completed its environmental review of the proposed Empire Wind Farm Project off the shores of New...

Orsted Funds Aid Kansas Land Conservation, Restoration

Clean energy company Orsted is launching a biodiversity initiative near its Sunflower Wind Farm in Marion County, Kan. It is donating more than $2...

BOEM Reveals Oregon Draft Wind Energy Areas

As part of the Biden-Harris administration’s goal of deploying 30 GW of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030 and 15 GW of floating offshore...

Red7Marine Installs Artificial Nesting Structures in U.K.

Red7Marine recently completed the installation of three nearshore artificial nesting structures along the East Coast of England on behalf of Danish energy company Orsted....

White House Proposal Enhances New Permitting Efficiences

The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) has released a proposed rule that would fully implement and build upon new permitting efficiencies directed...

BOEM Invites Public Input on Draft EA for Gulf of Maine Wind Research

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has completed its draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the potential issuance of an offshore wind research lease...

BOEM Issues Final EIS for Rhode Island Offshore Wind Farm

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has completed its environmental analysis of the proposed Revolution Wind Farm Project off the coast of Rhode...

BOEM Reviewing Proposed Wind Farm Off Massachusetts Shores

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is initiating the environmental review of the proposed 2.43 GW Beacon Wind project off the shores of...

Federal Court Confirms Critical Approvals for Vineyard Wind

The U.S. District Court in Massachusetts this week upheld important federal approvals for the 800 MW Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm, which is...

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