offshore wind

Horseshoe Crab Protection and Responsible Offshore Wind Energy

As spring arrives, the waters and beaches of the mid-Atlantic and Gulf coasts will begin filling with spawning horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus), a species which has called the planet home … Read more

Wins for Wildlife: How We Worked to Site Wind Energy and Protect Wildlife in the Gulf of Maine

This article was originally posted on Maine Audubon. Offshore wind holds incredible potential to help meet the clean energy goals needed for a healthy climate. The Gulf of Maine, in … Read more

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Bringing Responsible Offshore Wind Development to the Port of Long Beach

Launching a new energy industry like floating offshore wind on the West Coast comes with a number of challenges. Among these is that a multitude of projects and procedural steps … Read more

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BOEM Leases Four Areas in the Gulf of Maine for Floating Offshore Wind Development

On October 29, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) successfully held the first-ever offshore wind lease sale in the Gulf of Maine. Of the eight areas that BOEM offered … Read more

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Monitoring Bird Interactions with Offshore Wind Development

To tackle the climate crisis, we must transition to responsibly developed renewable energy such as offshore wind. Because no form of energy generation is without impact, offshore wind projects will … Read more

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Addressing the Whale in the Room: Offshore Wind Development & Rice’s Whales

Offshore wind energy development is making waves in the Gulf of Mexico with a second auction proposed in 2024 by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). The five-year offshore … Read more

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Improving LA’s Offshore Wind

Offshore wind energy presents an exciting opportunity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to limit the most serious impacts of climate change. The Biden Administration has made it clear that offshore … Read more

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Bringing Offshore Wind to Onshore Communities

The Biden Administration is working to meet its ambitious goal of transforming how we generate and deliver electricity – a national target of 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy by … Read more

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New York City for Offshore Wind

The South Brooklyn Marine Terminal (SBMT) will be a major hub for the offshore wind industry over the coming decades. The terminal will be transformed into a port for staging … Read more

The Hype Around Hydrogen

Offshore wind might be the next big thing to energize the hydrogen market, but ensuring hydrogen production and use is truly clean will require work from industry, government, and advocates. … Read more