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 areas were awarded through BOEM’s February 2022 auction that brought in over $4.3 billion, a record for any U.S. offshore renewable or conventional energy lease sale.
This is the first time BOEM has conducted a regional analysis containing multiple lease areas for offshore renewable energy. Additional...
Yesterday’s Department of the Interior wind energy auction for two lease areas offshore the Carolinas attracted competitive winning bids from two companies – TotalEnergies Renewables USA and Duke Energy Renewables Wind – totaling approximately $315 million.
The sale offered two lease areas covering 110,091 acres in the Carolina Long Bay area offshore North Carolina and South Carolina. If fully developed, the leases could result in about 1.3 gigawatts of offshore wind energy, enough to power...
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 mineral resources.
To put that $237.4 million in perspective, bear in mind that BOEM raked in $437 billion in winning bids in its recent New York Bight offshore wind lease sale.
“Interior’s FY 2023 budget provides needed resources to ensure BOEM is equipped to deliver on its mission on behalf of...
https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/offshore-wind/biden-budget-seeks-237-4-million-for-boem/
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 the Carolinas on May 11.
The lease areas cover 110,091 acres in the Carolina Long Bay area that, if developed, could result in at least 1.3 gigawatts of offshore wind energy, enough to power nearly 500,000 homes.
“BOEM is focused on ensuring that any development offshore North Carolina is done...
https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/offshore-wind/carolinas-offshore-wind-lease-sale-set-for-may/
Another U.S. offshore wind project looks to be rolling smoothly along the regulatory track. Dominion Energy reports that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is publishing in the Federal Register the Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed 2.6-gigawatt Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) commercial project, the largest planned offshore wind farm in the United States.
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland yesterday joined Virginia...
https://www.marinelog.com/offshore-wind/boem-set-to-prepare-dominion-energy-offshore-wind-eis/
Another U.S. offshore wind project is taking a step further along the regulatory highway. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced a Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Construction and Operations Plan (COP) submitted by Ørsted and Eversource’s Revolution Wind LLC.
A major permitting milestone for #RevolutionWind! Today, @BOEM_DOI has issued the Notice of Intent, beginning our environmental review. We extend our thanks to @POTUS,
https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/renewables/boem-gets-set-to-prepare-revolution-wind-eis/