Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
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Recent News About Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
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Biden-Harris Administration Advances Offshore Wind Energy Leasing on Atlantic and Pacific Coasts
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The U.S. Department of Interior is seeking information and nominations for possible wind energy leases off the coast of Oregon and in the Central Atlantic, a news release said.
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The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will hold a wind-energy auction May 11 for two lease areas off the shore of the Carolinas May 11.
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The Department of the Interior announced today that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has completed its environmental review and will hold a wind energy auction for two lease areas offshore the Carolinas on May 11.
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The Biden-Harris Administration today submitted to Congress the President’s Budget for fiscal year 2023. The President’s Budget details his vision to expand on the historic progress our country has made over the last year and deliver the agenda he laid out in his State of the Union address—to build a better America, reduce the deficit, reduce costs for families, and grow the economy from the bottom up and middle out.
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The Department of the Interior today announced the results of the nation’s highest-grossing competitive offshore energy lease sale in history, including oil and gas lease sales, with the New York Bight offshore wind sale.
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is pleased to inform you of two upcoming virtual meetings to discuss ongoing offshore wind energy planning activities in Oregon.
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With the energy focus turning to offshore projects and some concern from environmentalist, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) reiterated its commitment to make every effort to protect ocean creatures.
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NOAA and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management recently announced an interagency collaboration to advance offshore wind energy.
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Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland was in East Hampton, New York, today to commemorate the groundbreaking of the South Fork wind energy project, the second commercial-scale, offshore wind energy project approved for federal waters in the United States.
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Building on existing initiatives to study and assess impacts of offshore wind energy development on the North Atlantic right whale, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is fostering multiple federal and state partnerships that will inform and strengthen protections for this endangered species.
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As part of the Biden-Harris administration’s goal of permitting 30 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2030, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today announced it is preparing a draft environmental assessment (EA) to consider the impacts of potential offshore wind leasing in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
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As part of the Biden-Harris administration’s goal of permitting 30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind energy by 2030, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today announced the release of its draft Environmental Assessment (EA) on the potential impacts from future commercial leasing and related site characterization and assessment activities within the Humboldt Wind Energy Area (WEA).
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Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced today that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold a wind auction next month for more than 480,000 acres offshore New York and New Jersey, in the area known as the New York Bight.
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has executed an agreement with Dare County, North Carolina, granting the county access to up to 6.6 million cubic yards of sand from the Outer Continental Shelf to restore 11.6 miles of beaches.
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As part of its efforts to support local economies and protect coastal communities and habitats from the impacts of climate change, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has executed an agreement with Dare County, North Carolina, granting the county access to up to 6.6 million cubic yards of sand from the Outer Continental Shelf to restore 11.6 miles of beaches.
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As part of the Biden-Harris administration’s goal to deploy 30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind energy by 2030, the Department of the Interior today announced it has approved the construction and operations of the South Fork Wind project offshore Rhode Island.
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The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has designated 376 square miles off the coast of central California as an area most suitable for wind energy development.
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today announced that Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 257 generated $191,688,984 in high bids for 308 tracts covering 1.7 million acres in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has a new regional director for the Pacific office in Camarillo, California.