Press Releases

February 24, 2012 Deepwater Wind Statement on BOEM’s Announcement of Wind Energy Area for Rhode Island and Massachusetts October 20, 2011 Deepwater Wind Signs Agreement with Siemens to Buy World's Most Advanced Offshore Wind Turbine October 7, 2011 Deepwater Wind Submits Plan for Nation's First Regional Offshore Wind Farm to Supply Multiple East Coast States September 22, 2011 Block Island Wind Farm Project Advances with Cutting-Edge Marine Surveys, Expanded Team September 15, 2011 Deepwater Wind to Propose Offshore Wind Farm and Inter-State Transmission System to New York Power Authority August 17, 2011 Deepwater Wind Heralds Announcement of Federal Call for Information for Rhode Island Offshore Wind Development July 1, 2011 RI Supreme Court Upholds Block Island Wind Farm Power Contract

Deepwater Wind in the News

May 7, 2012 William Moore: National Ocean Policy Makes Smart Business Sense January 4, 2012 US eyeing Euro offshore wind, Long Island still on the fence October 12, 2011 Deepwater to Build First U.S. Offshore Wind Farm October 7, 2011 RI Firm Submits Offshore Wind Farm Proposal October 3, 2011 Poll Shows Majority of Islanders Support Offshore Wind February 10, 2011 Developer Considers Building 1,000-Megawatt Offshore Wind Farm February 7, 2011 Deepwater Wind Statement on U.S. Department of the Interior and Department of Energy’s “A National Offshore Wind Strategy: Creating an Offshore Wind Industry in the United States” News Archive »

DOI and 10 East Coast States Form an Offshore Wind Energy Consortium

The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) and the governors of 10 East Coast states signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on June 8 that formally establishes the Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Consortium. The new consortium will promote the development of wind resources on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) along the East Coast, primarily by coordinating state and federal efforts relating to permitting, environmental studies, technical and financial barriers, and the infrastructure needed to deploy and maintain offshore wind power plants. The MOU was signed by the governors of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina. DOI’s new Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will oversee the development of wind power and other renewable energy resources on the OCS. In addition, DOI will establish a new renewable energy regional office, located in Virginia, to coordinate the development of wind and solar energy and other renewable energy resources in the region. Read more…

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