Offshore wind developers are stressing that carefully coordinated port development, which could require massive funding, is key to achieving state goals.

New Jersey’s 1,100-MW offshore Ocean Wind project garnered mixed responses at three public hearings by the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.

New Jersey’s BPU backed a plan to create a wind energy manufacturing & transportation hub in South Jersey, signing a collaboration agreement with the NJEDA.

Eversource and Ørsted signed a long-term agreement with the city of New London, Conn., to redevelop State Pier as an offshore wind turbine staging area.

The developer of a proposed offshore wind project in New Jersey has signed an agreement to employ union workers for construction and operation.

Fishermen, environmentalists, labor unions and local residents broadly support the 132-MW South Fork Wind Project off Long Island.

The South Fork Wind Project will have negligible to moderate environmental impacts according to a draft environmental impact statement issued by BOEM.

Rhode Island boasts the first and only offshore wind farm in the Western Hemisphere, but it has seen its modest OSW procurement goals eclipsed by surrounding states.

The Maryland PSC approved Skipjack Offshore Energy’s decision to use fewer, larger turbines and rejecting Ocean City objections.

Stakeholders urged BOEM to approve the 800-MW Vineyard Wind offshore wind project along with the 1-nautical-mile turbine spacing advocated by developers.