Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

OCEAN CITY, Md. — The mayor and city council of this popular tourist destination are the lead plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit intended to roll back the approval of an 80,000-acre wind energy project to be located about 10.7 miles... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced that an environmental review to assess the potential impacts of wind energy development activities covering over 488,000 acres off the New York and New Jersey coasts has been completed. The “Notice... Read More

WASHINGTON — An offshore wind energy auction planned for potential lease areas off the coast of Oregon on Oct. 15 has been postponed due to “insufficient bidder interest,” the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced Friday. The Department of the Interior... Read More

WASHINGTON — Eight areas off the coasts of Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire will be the focus of an offshore wind energy lease sale on Oct. 29, the Interior Department announced Monday. If fully developed, the department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy... Read More

NEW ORLEANS — Chicago-based Hecate Energy, a major player in solar power and energy storage across the United States, is now seeking to acquire two substantial commercial wind energy leases in the Gulf of Mexico. According to the Bureau of... Read More

WASHINGTON — Federal regulators on Friday gave their final approval to the construction and operation of a large-scale wind farm off the coasts of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Once completed, the Sunrise Wind project, a joint effort of developers Ørsted... Read More

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the state of Maryland to support the coordinated development of offshore wind energy generation. Under the terms of the agreement, which was... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has extended the comment period on a draft environmental assessment of proposed offshore wind energy leases off the Oregon coast. The new deadline for comments is 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on... Read More

NEW ORLEANS, La. — The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has published a notice of “area identification” in the Federal Register for the first series of proposed sales under the new National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program.... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Tuesday approved the construction of the Sunrise Wind offshore wind farm, a project off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, that proponents say will eventually power 320,000 homes. The project is the seventh commercial-scale... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has designated about 2 million acres in the Gulf of Maine the nation’s latest wind energy area. On Monday, BOEM will publish a notice in the Federal Register announcing its intent to... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is seeking public comment on its draft environmental analysis for the Beacon Wind offshore wind power project located near Massachusetts. On Friday, Feb. 2, the bureau will publish a notice in the... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has released its draft environmental review of six wind lease areas offshore New York and New Jersey, in an area known as the New York Bight. The agency estimates that full development... Read More

NEW ORLEANS — A federal appeals court has temporarily paused a lower court ruling that required the Biden administration to proceed with and expand a planned offshore oil and gas auction in the Gulf of Mexico. The auction in question... Read More

NEW ORLEANS — Federal regulators with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management are moving ahead with a Gulf of Mexico oil and gas lease sale despite the fact it remains the subject of ongoing litigation. At present, the plan is... Read More

LAKE CHARLES, La. — A federal judge has ordered the Interior Department to proceed with a pending oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico without last-minute restrictions added to protect an endangered species of whale. U.S. District... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will hold the first-ever offshore wind energy lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico on Aug. 29. According to the Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the areas to be auctioned have the potential... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is seeking public comment on the possible issuance of an offshore wind energy research lease in the Gulf of Maine. Under the leadership of Democratic Gov. Janet Mills and with bipartisan support... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has updated its regulations for wind energy development on the Outer Continental Shelf and is poised to publish the proposal in the Federal Register as soon as this week. Laura... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has identified eight areas along the central Atlantic coast that regulators believe would be prime locations for wind energy facilities. The so-called “draft wind energy areas” being considered by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will hold its first-ever offshore wind energy lease sale on Dec. 6 for areas on the Outer Continental Shelf off central and northern California. In addition to being the first-ever offshore wind lease... Read More

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has published a proposed notice of sale of leases set aside for oil and gas development in Cook Inlet, Alaska. In passing the Inflation Reduction Act this past summer, Congress directed... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Thursday unveiled a new phase in its push to expand offshore wind energy development, publishing not one but two requests for comment from anyone interested in the concept of building floating wind farms along... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has extended the deadline to make comments on two potential wind energy areas in the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf to Sept. 2. Previously the deadline for responses and comments had... Read More

WAINSCOTT, N.Y. — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul along with United States Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and other elected officials, held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of construction of South Fork Wind, New York's first offshore... Read More

BOSTON, Mass. -- Interior Secretary Deb Haaland told attendees at a wind energy conference on Wednesday that the Biden administration wants to dramatically expand the nation’s use of wind power, opening large swaths of coastal waters to wind farm development.... Read More