As required by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) published a Final Notice of Sale (FNOS) and Record of Decision (ROD) for Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale 261 in the Federal Register on August 25, 2023. BOEM plans to conduct the lease sale on September...Read More

In advance of this week’s August 29, 2023  first-ever offshore wind energy lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico, the Business Network for Offshore Wind, together with Greater New Orleans Wind (GNO Wind), issued a comprehensive report entitled Unlocking the Gulf of Mexico’s Offshore Wind Energy Potential, which addresses the region’s unique potential for offshore...Read More

Video Above:  The U.S. Department of Energy and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management hosted a webinar in Fall 2022 on their ambitious initiatives to position the U.S. to lead the world on floating offshore wind design, development, manufacturing, and deployment. Download the slides from this webinar.  (Credit:  U.S. Department of Energy)   On Feb....Read More

Massachusetts offshore wind power is taking the next step toward becoming a reality as a 60-day public comment period opens this week on Dec. 23 to help the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) complete its environmental review of two pending projects by Park City Wind off the coast of Massachusetts. The proposal includes up...Read More

Guice Offshore is advising our offshore wind energy provider clients and other interested parties that the U.S. House Natural Resources’ Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources has scheduled a field hearing in Morro Bay, California on Thurs., Sept. 8, 2022 at 10 a.m. (Pacific Time) entitled “Power in the Pacific:  Unlocking Offshore Wind Energy for...Read More

As part of the federal government goal of deploying 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030,  Guice Offshore noted that the U.S. Department of the Interior announced on August 18, 2022 the next steps in the process to bring offshore wind energy to the Gulf of Maine. The following day, the Bureau of...Read More

It’s American Clean Power Week (August 15-19) and, to mark America’s substantial advancements in the clean energy field, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released three reports today, August 16, 2022, showing that wind power remains one of America’s fastest growing energy sources and a generator of high-quality jobs. Wind power accounted for 32 percent...Read More

With the goal of accelerating the growth of the state’s wind energy innovation ecosystem, supporting emerging companies, spurring the development of novel technologies and supplying trained professionals to the rapidly expanding renewable energy sector, the University of New Orleans, in partnership with the UNO Research & Technology Foundation, has announced the launch of the Louisiana...Read More

Continuing the momentum to achieve deployment of 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced this week on June 6, 2022 that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will conduct an environmental review of the first proposed wind energy project in the Maryland offshore area. The...Read More

Guice Offshore, widely considered to be the U.S. Flag Leader in the operation of dynamically positioned mini-supply vessels and compact, cost-effective multi-purpose vessels for the “specialty” marketplace, noted the U.S.  Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has completed its environmental review and will hold a wind energy auction for two lease...Read More