Wind Turbines Could Be Installed Offshore in Gulf, Pacific

WASHINGTON, Monday, July 12, 2021—The Departments of Interior, Energy, and Commerce have announced a goal to deploy 30 gigawatts of offshore wind in the United States by 2030, while protecting biodiversity and promoting ocean co-use.

BOEM is announcing a Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for Ocean Wind, putting it in line to become America’s third commercial scale offshore wind project. Ocean Wind has proposed an offshore wind project with a total capacity of 1,100 megawatts

NOAA’s Northeast Sea Grant programs, in partnership with DOE, DOC, and NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center, is releasing a request for research proposals to support more than $1 million in grant funding to improve understanding of offshore renewable energy for the benefit of a diversity of stakeholders, including fishing and coastal communities.