The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), falling under the Department of the Interior and responsible for leasing for offshore energy development, will work NOAA Fisheries on a joint strategy…
https://gcaptain.com/u-s-launches-strategy-to-protect-fisheries-surveys-amid-offshore-wind-boom/
By Jennifer A. Dlouhy (Bloomberg) — Planned wind projects off the New England coast threaten to harm the region’s dwindling population of endangered right whales, according to a US government marine…
The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has identified approximately 1.7 million acres offshore the U.S. central Atlantic coast for possible offshore wind development. The…
A proposed offshore wind port at the Arthur Kill Terminal in Staten Island, New York has been awarded a $48 federal grant for infrastructure upgrades to facilitate wind turbine staging…
https://gcaptain.com/staten-island-offshore-wind-port-gets-big-boost-from-marad-grant/
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) have released a draft strategy for the protection of endangered North American right whales amid growth…
Jacksonville, Florida-based Crowley has completed the purchase of 42 acres in Salem, Massachusetts, where it will develop state’s second major offshore wind port terminal. The Salem Harbor Wind Terminal is…
https://gcaptain.com/crowley-closes-land-deal-for-massachusetts-offshore-wind-port/
Jones Act shipbuilder St. Johns Ship Building has started construction on the first vessel in a series of crew transfer vessels for Rhode Island-based Atlantic Wind Transfers (AWT). AWT placed…
By Barry Parker (gCaptain) – Offshore wind will be a key component of future U.S. successes in the marine businesses. This was the message conveyed at the “Maritime Prosperity Forum,”…
https://gcaptain.com/u-s-maritime-prosperity-tied-to-offshore-wind/
The Biden Administration will advance lease areas in deeper waters in order to deploy 15 GW of floating offshore wind capacity by 2035—building on the President’s existing goal of deploying…
The Biden Administration is taking steps to advance offshore wind development in the Gulf of Maine, which could include a plan to the deploy the first floating wind turbines in…
https://gcaptain.com/first-floating-wind-farm-in-u-s-could-be-in-gulf-of-maine/