Offshore staff
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has finalized its designation of a wind energy area in the Gulf of Maine, which could potentially deliver 3 GW to Maine and 10 GW to Massachusetts.
Today BOEM is publishing a notice in the Federal Register concerning preparation of an environmental assessment of potential impacts from offshore wind leasing activities in the wind energy area, to be followed by a 30-day public comment period.
Another further public comment period would follow if BOEM decides to move forward with a lease sale.
The wind energy area is 23-92 miles from the coast, and it covers 2 million acres offshore Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
BOEM has also published a notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement for a construction and operations plan submitted by Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind.
This concerns an 81,129-acre lease area, OCS-A 0549 (Atlantic Shores North), 8.4 miles from the New Jersey coast and 60 miles from New York.
Atlantic Shores plans to install up to 157 wind turbine generators, eight offshore substations, one permanent meteorological tower and two temporary metocean buoys—a total of 168 offshore structures.
In addition, its construction and operations plan proposes two potential export cable corridors making landfall at Sea Girt, New Jersey, and either the New York City area or near Asbury Park, New Jersey.
03.18.2024
