New Jersey

The Bureau of Offshore Energy Management (BOEM) published a Notice of Availability of an Environmental Assessment (EA) and a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for commercial wind lease issuance and site assessment activities on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) offshore New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia.

BOEM issued a “Finding of No Historic Properties Affected for the Issuance of Commercial Leases within the New Jersey Wind Energy Area.

BOEM announced and published a Proposed Sale Notice (PSN) and a request for public comment on their proposal to auction two leases offshore New Jersey for commercial wind energy development.

BOEM announced a commercial lease auction would be held November 9, 2015. The auction represented the fifth competitive lease sale for renewable energy on the OCS.

A large area of federal waters starting seven miles off the coast of New Jersey was auctioned to two offshore wind developers. The current leaseholders are US Wind, Inc. and Ørsted. Learn more.

 Deepwater Wind, the developer that built America’s first offshore wind power project in Rhode Island, secured a federal lease area off the coast of Delaware that could deliver power to New Jersey.

Ocean Wind submitted a Site Assessment Plan (SAP) which was subsequently revised in November 2017, January 2018, and February 2018

Newly inaugurated Governor Phil Murphy signed an Executive Order setting a state offshore wind power goal of 3,500 megawatts by 2030. The Order calls for the full implementation of the Offshore Wind Economic Development Act with a solicitation of 1,100 megawatts. Learn more.

BOEM approved the SAP for Ocean Wind. This approval allows for the installation of two floating light and detection ranging buoys (FLiDARs) and one metocean/current buoy.

Governor Murphy signed into law New Jersey’s commitment to developing 3,500 megawatts of offshore wind power by 2030. Learn more.

BOEM hosted a public meeting to discuss feedback they received from their Call for Information and Nominations for potential offshore wind energy leasing and development in the New York Bight.

Governor Murphy announced an assertive timeline for achieving his goal of 3,500 MW of offshore wind power by 2030, calling on the BPU to move toward an 1,100 MW solicitation immediately, followed by 1,200 MW solicitations in both 2020 and 2022. The BPU followed by promptly beginning the process to accept…