Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

Siemens Gamesa
BOEM Slaps Stop-work Order on Revolution Wind
The Trump administration has slapped Ørsted with a stop-work order on Revolution Wind, a 704-MW project off the New England coast that is 80% complete.
NYSERDA
Ørsted to Raise $9.3B, Self-finance Sunrise Wind
Ørsted is moving to raise as much as $9.33 billion on its own to finish building the Sunrise Wind project off the New York coast.
Dominion Energy
Dept. of Interior Launches Overhaul of OSW Regs
The Department of the Interior has launched an overhaul of all regulations pertaining to wind generation in U.S. waters.
Revolution Wind
Feds Pile on More Barriers to Wind and Solar
The Trump administration has taken further steps to thwart renewable energy development, adding new directives limiting wind and solar development on federal land and at sea.
Sif Group
BOEM Lifts Stop-work Order on Empire Wind
BOEM lifted a stop-work order on the Empire Wind 1 project in a deal that will have New York work on expanding pipelines into the Northeast, a goal the White House has publicly sought since shortly after President Trump took office.
Equinor
Feds Move to Halt Construction of Empire Wind 1
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum posted that he had directed BOEM to bring an immediate halt to all construction activities on the $7 billion project until it could undergo further review. 
Ørsted
GAO Study Flags Impacts of Offshore Wind Development
A GAO study concludes offshore wind energy development carries both positive and negative potential impacts and flags gaps in federal oversight of its development.
Shutterstock
OSW Critics Petition US Supreme Court for Vineyard Wind 1 Review
Commercial fishing advocates are asking the nation’s highest court to rule that federal regulators improperly authorized construction of Vineyard Wind 1 off the Massachusetts coast.
Shutterstock
NY Well Positioned to Push Forward on Climate Goals Under Trump
Renewable energy industry analysts, representatives and environmental advocates say New York is in a better position than many others to make progress on its renewable energy goals during a second Trump administration.
BOEM
BOEM Sees Renewed Interest in Gulf of Mexico OSW
Requests that two developers submitted this year have prompted BOEM to start planning a 2026 offshore wind auction in the Gulf of Mexico.

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