BOEM Leases Four Areas in the Gulf of Maine for Floating Offshore Wind Development

On October 29, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) successfully held the first-ever offshore wind lease sale in the Gulf of Maine. Of the eight areas that BOEM offered … Read more

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Monitoring Bird Interactions with Offshore Wind Development

To tackle the climate crisis, we must transition to responsibly developed renewable energy such as offshore wind. Because no form of energy generation is without impact, offshore wind projects will … Read more

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Addressing the Whale in the Room: Offshore Wind Development & Rice’s Whales

Offshore wind energy development is making waves in the Gulf of Mexico with a second auction proposed in 2024 by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). The five-year offshore … Read more

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Improving LA’s Offshore Wind

Offshore wind energy presents an exciting opportunity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to limit the most serious impacts of climate change. The Biden Administration has made it clear that offshore … Read more

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Bringing Offshore Wind to Onshore Communities

The Biden Administration is working to meet its ambitious goal of transforming how we generate and deliver electricity – a national target of 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy by … Read more

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New York City for Offshore Wind

The South Brooklyn Marine Terminal (SBMT) will be a major hub for the offshore wind industry over the coming decades. The terminal will be transformed into a port for staging … Read more

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Top Issues to Watch at COP28

What is the COP? Since 1995, world leaders, negotiators, and thousands of other participants have converged for the COP, the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention … Read more

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Communities Should Have a Say in Energy Projects

Upon the passing of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act, the Department of Energy (DOE) received an unprecedented amount of funding, $97 billion, for federal investments in … Read more

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The Urgency of Effective Interregional Transmission Planning

The role of electricity transmission is crucial to our everyday lives. As we face the reality of climate change, ensuring that our power grid is efficient, effective, and resilient is … Read more

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The Hype Around Hydrogen

Offshore wind might be the next big thing to energize the hydrogen market, but ensuring hydrogen production and use is truly clean will require work from industry, government, and advocates. … Read more

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The (Offshore) Winds of Change

On August 29th, in a significant step towards achieving the Biden administration’s goal to deploy 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy by 2030, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) … Read more

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Construction is Underway on the First Large Offshore Wind Farm in the U.S.!

On August 3, the New England for Offshore Wind Coalition, Environmental League of Massachusetts, and offshore wind developer Avangrid hosted a boat tour of the construction site for the Vineyard … Read more

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