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BOEM gives Maryland Offshore Wind the go ahead

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) yesterday announced its approval of the Construction and Operations Plan for US Wind’s Maryland Offshore Wind project. This is the final approval needed for the project from BOEM following the Department of the Interior’s September 2024 Record of Decision. This significant milestone advances the Biden administration’s goal of deploying 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030.

“I am pleased to announce BOEM’s approval of our nation’s...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/offshore-wind/boem-gives-maryland-offshore-wind-the-go-ahead/

VIDEO: Offshore wind boosts American manufacturing

Released this week by Oceantic Network, the new video “American Manufacturing for Offshore Wind,” highlights the transformative impact offshore wind energy is having on manufacturers across the United States.

Hundreds of companies across the country have answered the call for the U.S. to tap into this energy resource, the result of over $40 billion in investment in American manufacturing, shipbuilding, and other sectors.

The video is a result of Oceantic’s U.S. Offshore Wind Jobs Tour, an ongoing...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/offshore-wind/video-offshore-wind-boosts-american-manufacturing/

Mass Maritime honors Liz Burdock as its Maritime Person of the Year

Massachusetts Maritime Academy honored Liz Burdock, president and CEO of Oceantic Network, with the Emery Rice Medal as the 2024 Maritime Person of the Year at a recent event held on the academy’s campus.The academy has an established tradition of honoring a civilian or military leader with a distinguished career of excellence, innovation, and service to the maritime industries and other related industries with the Emery Rice Medal, named for an 1897 academy graduate and WWI hero who was twice...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/offshore-wind/mass-maritime-honors-liz-burdock-as-its-maritime-person-of-the-year/

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/

Maryland Offshore Wind Project gains key approval

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has announced the approval of the Maryland Offshore Wind Project – the tenth commercial-scale offshore wind energy project approved by the Biden Administration.

“The clean energy future is now! Today’s milestone marks another giant leap toward our ambitious goal of unleashing 30 gigawatts of offshore energy by 2030,” said Acting Deputy Secretary Laura Daniel-Davis. “Our work to approve the nation’s first ten commercial-scale offshore wind project is the...

https://www.marinelog.com/uncategorized/maryland-offshore-wind-project-gains-key-approval/

Maryland’s US Wind project passes a key regulatory milestone

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has released its final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for US Wind’s proposed Maryland offshore wind project, which includes three planned phases. Two of those phases, MarWin and Momentum Wind, have received offshore renewable energy certificates from the State of Maryland.

If approved, the project proposes to install up to 114 turbines, up to four offshore substation platforms, one meteorological tower, and up to four corridors for offshore...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/offshore-wind/marylands-us-wind-project-passes-a-key-regulatory-milestone/

Offshore wind ports: Fueling U.S. clean energy and local economies

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You cannot have offshore wind without ports — and the Oceantic Network reports that it has already seen $4 billion in new investments being made in offshore wind ports up and down the U.S. East Coast, putting thousands to work building enormous civil infrastructure projects.

The Oceantic Network has identified 25 U.S. ports currently involved in offshore wind or undergoing development to support the industry, with dozens more rumored or planned. These range from $20 million projects, like...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/offshore-wind/offshore-wind-ports-fueling-u-s-clean-energy-and-local-economies/

BOEM approves Atlantic Shores South offshore wind project

The U.S. Department of the Interior today announced its approval of the Atlantic Shores South offshore wind energy project, the ninth commercial-scale, U.S. offshore wind energy project approved during the Biden administration. With this latest approval, Interior has approved more than 13 gigawatts of offshore wind energy projects – enough to power nearly five million homes.

In addition to the milestone achieved today, since the start of the Biden administration, BOEM has held four offshore wind...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/offshore-wind/boem-approves-atlantic-shores-south-offshore-wind-project/

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/

U.S. Department of the Interior announces new five year offshore wind leasing program

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland used the Oceantic Network’s 2024 International Partnering Forum, currently under way in New Orleans, to announce a new five-year offshore wind leasing program and to report that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) have finalized updated regulations for renewable energy development on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).

Interior says that the final rule increases certainty and...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/u-s-department-of-the-interior-announces-new-five-year-offshore-wind-leasing-program/

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