The Department of the Interior (DOI) announced during September 2024 that it will hold an offshore wind energy lease sale on Octobert 29, 2024, for eight areas on the Outer Continental Shelf off Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine.  If fully developed, these areas have a potential capacity of approximately 13 gigawatts of clean offshore wind...Read More

If you’re a marine research professional, oceanographer or ocean scientist, you’ll want to see the new Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) FY2025-2026 Studies Development Plan (SDP) published on June 12, 2024.  BOEM contacts for each study are outlined in the Plan.  As part of the agency’s commitment to acquire and use the highest quality...Read More

Central Atlantic Offshore Wind Proposed for Offshore Delaware, Maryland, Virginia On December 11, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced the proposal of an offshore wind lease sale in the Central Atlantic that includes one area offshore the States of Delaware and Maryland, and one area offshore the Commonwealth of Virginia. Lease Area A-2 consists of...Read More

On Monday, Dec. 12, 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced the availability of two draft Environmental Impact Statements (EISs) for two new offshore wind projects for public review and comment, thereby advancing the regulatory process for construction to begin.  Known as the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project and the Sunrise...Read More

Proposed Central Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Areas Include North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware; Comments Open Through Dec. 16, 2022 Plans for offshore wind energy are taking shape on the U.S. Central Atlantic coast with eight draft Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) identified for development.  The opportunity for the public and interested parties to review the...Read More

With dramatic technology advancements in subsea robotics, materials and guidance systems—the key components of underwater and submersible vehicles—mankind’s ability to explore deep water has greatly expanded in recent years.     On average, the ocean’s depth is over two miles, with most of that space shrouded in extreme cold, darkness and crushing pressure.  Venturing into tough conditions like...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

New Offshore Wind Supply Chain Roadmap Partnership Will Advance Rapid U.S. Offshore Wind Deployment, Create Good-Paying Jobs to Equitably Benefit Local Communities, and Increase Energy Security Following the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) March 2022 report entitled The Demand for a Domestic Offshore Wind Energy Supply Chain,  the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced during...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