Gulf of Maine

Two winning bids in Gulf of Maine floating wind lease sale

Today, BOEM completed its sixth offshore wind lease sale by offering areas in the Gulf of Maine – the first commercial sale for floating offshore wind on the U.S. Atlantic Coast. The floating wind lease sale resulted in two provisional winners on four lease areas and over $21.9 million in winning bids.

Avangrid Renewables, LLC won Lease OCS-564 at $4,928,250, which consists of 98,565 acres and Lease OCS-568 at $6,244,850, which consists of 124,897 acres. Both lease areas are approximately 29.5...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/offshore-wind/two-winning-bids-in-gulf-of-maine-floating-wind-lease-sale/

Date set for first Gulf of Maine offshore wind lease sale

In what could mark a major milestone for the development of U.S. floating wind technology, the U.S. Department of the Interior has announced that it will hold an offshore wind energy lease sale on Oct. 29, 2024, for eight areas on the Outer Continental Shelf off Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine. If fully developed, says the department, these Gulf of Maine areas have a potential capacity of approximately 13 gigawatts of offshore wind energy, which could power more than 4.5 million homes.

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/date-set-for-first-gulf-of-maine-offshore-wind-lease-sale/

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/

Planned Oregon and Gulf of Maine auctions open new opportunities for floating offshore wind

The U.S. Department of the Interior has announced two proposals for offshore wind energy auctions off the coast of Oregon and in the Gulf of Maine. Proposed by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) the sales have the potential to generate more than 18 gigawatts of offshore wind energy, enough to power more than six million homes. They also underscore the need to develop floating offshore wind solutions,

“BOEM’s combined announcement solidifies two new regional markets for floating...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/offshore-wind/planned-oregon-and-gulf-of-maine-auctions-open-new-opportunities-for-floating-offshore-wind/

USVs deployed for seafloor mapping mission in Gulf of Maine

A Saildrone seafloor mapping USV

US unmanned systems specialist saildrone has deployed two of its unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) to conduct an ocean mapping mission on the US East Coast. The USVs will return to the area where they spent two months in the summer of 2023 mapping in the north-central Gulf of Maine in support of...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/specialised-fields/unmanned-craft-non-naval/usvs-deployed-for-seafloor-mapping-mission-in-gulf-of-maine/

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/

Fatal fishing boat capsizing likely caused by hatches not being watertight, NTSB report reveals

​The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said earlier this week that the fishing vessel Emmy Rose likely capsized in 2020 after seawater collected on the aft de ..

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https://www.bairdmaritime.com/fishing-boat-world/catching/fatal-fishing-boat-capsizing-likely-caused-by-hatches-not-being-watertight-ntsb-report-reveals/

Fishermen seek delay in Gulf of Maine offshore wind planning

Maine Aqua Ventus is a proposed 12 MW wind turbine demonstration project off the coast of Maine. University of Maine image.

Gulf of Maine fishermen this week asked three New England governors and federal officials for a six-month delay in planning for offshore wind energy development in those waters, as the seafood industry grapples with the upheaval of coronavirus.

In deeper waters of the gulf, wind power will be achieved only with the use of floating turbines. The extensive anchoring and cabling that would be required means “lease areas will become de facto closures to fishing,” the Responsible Offshore Development...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/fishermen-seek-delay-in-gulf-of-maine-offshore-wind-planning/