floating offshore wind

BOEM approves final environmental assessment for Gulf of Maine WEA

Another U.S. offshore wind project is moving smoothly through the regulatory pipeline. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced the availability of its final Environmental Assessment (EA) of the U.S. Gulf of Maine WEA (Wind Energy Area)

Back in April, the agency proposed an offshore wind energy lease sale in the Gulf of Maine, which would include eight potential leasing areas offshore Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. The eight areas total nearly one million acres and...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/offshore-wind/boem-approves-final-environmental-assessment-for-gulf-of-maine-wea/

BOEM offers Maine lease for floating wind research project

The state of Maine’s planned floating wind research project has taken a significant step forward since we last reported on it. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today announced the availability of its Final Environmental Assessment (Final EA) for the Maine floating wind research lease in the Gulf of Maine. BOEM finds that the issuance of a wind energy research lease within the proposed lease area offshore Maine, and related site characterization and site assessment activities, would...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/offshore-wind/boem-offers-maine-lease-for-floating-wind-research-project/

Plans for Gulf of Maine offshore wind advance

Moving ahead on plans for offshore wind development in the Gulf of Maine, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) yesterday identified a Draft Wind Energy Area (WEA) there, opening a 30-day public review and comment period.

The draft WEA covers approximately 3,519,067 acres offshore Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, ranging from approximately 23 to 120 miles off the coast.

While BOEM sees the Gulf of Maine as having significant opportunities for offshore wind energy development, the...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/offshore-wind/plans-for-gulf-of-maine-offshore-wind-advance/

ECO TLP floating wind solution gains ABS approval

ABS has issued an approval in principle (AIP) to San Carlos, Calif., headquartered ECO TLP Inc. and Rotterdam headquartered MOCEAN-Offshore BV for a new floating offshore wind turbine support structure.

Suited for 250-2,000 meter water depths, the design utilizes slip-formed cylindrical concrete hulls and gravity anchors, which, when combined with a tension-leg mooring system, have a smaller footprint than traditional structures using steel column-stabilized hulls.

ECO TLP says that its...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/offshore-wind/eco-tlp-floating-wind-solution-gains-abs-approval/

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