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BOEM Finishes Environmental Assessment of Morro Bay Wind Energy Area in California

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has completed its environmental review of potential impacts from offshore wind energy leasing activities in the Morro...

Fish and Wildlife Service Permit Improvements for Eagles Cover Wind Energy

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing improvements for how it processes permits for the incidental take of bald and golden eagles. The...

New Jersey DEP Selects Second Round of Offshore Wind Research Projects

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) have selected additional research projects designed to ensure...

RWE Invests in Environmental Tech for Onshore Wind Construction, Operations

RWE is testing two innovative, promising technologies at a new onshore wind farm in Spain. These technologies are intended to reduce the impact on...

Empire Wind, WCS Continue N.Y. Acoustic Marine Monitoring Project Until 2028

Empire Wind and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) have extended their agreement to 2028 to monitor large whales in the lease area of Empire...

BOEM Opens Environmental Analysis Comment Period for R.I. Offshore Wind Project

The Bureau of Ocean Energy and Management (BOEM) has made the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) available for the proposed Revolution Wind energy project,...

Iberdrola Issues Call for Environmental Proposals for Offshore Wind

Iberdrola has launched a new challenge through its start-up PERSEO program. The company is launching a call to the market for start-ups to submit...

NREL Partners with Three Teams to Research Bats, Wind Energy Coexistence

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has awarded three industry teams funding to support research on bats and wind energy projects. Selected through the...

BOEM Begins Environmental Review of Six New York Bight Wind Lease Areas

As part of the Biden-Harris administration’s goal of deploying 30 GW of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management...

Administration Reacts to Supreme Court Ruling in West Virginia v. EPA

In response to the Supreme Court ruling in West Virginia et al. v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) et al. restricting the agency’s ability to...

South Fork Wind, Organizations Strengthen Protections for Endangered Whales

South Fork Wind, a joint venture offshore wind project developed by Ørsted and Eversource, has signed an agreement with environmental organizations to further enhance...

Orsted Works with Trusts to Restore Biodiversity Near Offshore Wind Projects

As part of its environmental work surrounding its offshore wind farms, Ørsted is partnering with Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust and Yorkshire Wildlife Trust to help...

BOEM Details Ocean Wind’s Environmental Impact, Moves Review Process Forward

The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has released the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the proposed Ocean Wind 1 offshore wind...

BOEM, NOAA Tag Endangered Whales to Study Effects of Offshore Wind Energy

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary have successfully tagged 14...

Orsted Partners with Spoor on Bird Monitoring Tech for Offshore Wind Farms

Ørsted is collaborating with Spoor AI to test and commercialize a new technology to collect more and better birdlife data at its windfarms around...

DOI, BOEM Plan Environmental Review of US Wind Offshore Wind Proposal

Continuing the momentum to achieve the Biden-Harris administration’s goal of deploying 30 GW of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030, the Department of the...

Saitec Develops Offshore Wind Pilot Park Using SATH Technology

Saitec is developing a pre-commercial pilot park with five units and a total potential of 50 MW in the Mediterranean Sea in 2025. The...

Orsted, ARK Nature Study Marine Rewilding and Offshore Wind

A new partnership between Ørsted and ARK Nature is testing the potential of rewilding principles to restore vital ocean biodiversity even with the global...

BOEM Extends Morro Bay EA Comment Period

On April 6, as part of the Biden-Harris administration’s goal of deploying 30 GW of offshore wind energy by 2030, Department of the Interior’s...

Vineyard Wind, UNH Set to Conduct Acoustic Monitoring for Marine Mammals

Vineyard Wind, a joint venture between AVANGRID Inc.’s Avangrid Renewables subsidiary and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), has signed a new multi-year collaboration with the...

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