The Biden Administration has made clear that offshore wind is an important part of America’s growing renewable energy portfolio. BOEM Director Amanda Lefton joins host Brandon Burke to discuss the agency’s vision and the future of offshore wind. They also cover the recent release of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Vineyard Wind project, and how BOEM is addressing permitting for floating offshore wind projects in federal waters. This episode includes a “lightning round” of OSW regional updates.
Credits:
Content, audio engineering, editing, and sound design by Brandon Burke. Music by Brandon Burke, with contributions from Nathan Ezzo, Steven Reilly, and Miles Taylor.
2019 was an eventful year for the American offshore wind industry. Among many other developments, several states increased their offshore wind capacity targets, utility-scale projects were procured up and down the East Coast, the total procured U.S. offshore wind capacity exceeded 9 gigawatts for the first time, and the world’s first 12-megawatt offshore wind turbine was debuted. Join host, Brandon Burke (the Network’s Policy and Outreach Director), as we recap a transformational year for U.S. offshore wind!
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Fara Courtney (Outer Harbor Consulting) and Michael Goggin and Rob Gramlich (Grid Strategies LLC) joined us to discuss Oceantic Network’s Offshore Wind Transmission White Paper, published on October 26, 2020. 
Tim Sullivan and Brian Sabina (New Jersey Economic Development Authority) joined us to discuss the New Jersey Wind Port, the WIND Institute, and other developments in New Jersey’s offshore wind program.
Erik Milito (National Ocean Industries Association) and Feng Zhang and Max Cohen (Wood Mackenzie) joined us to discuss Wood Mackenzie’s August 2020 report “Economic Impact Study of New Offshore Wind Lease Auctions By BOEM.”