List of offshore wind farms in the United States

Offshore wind power is in the early stages of development in the United States. As of 2014, there were no offshore wind farms within the national maritime boundaries of the United States.^[1][2] However, projects are under development in wind-rich areas of the East Coast, Great Lakes, and Pacific coast. In January 2012, a "Smart for the Start" regulatory approach was introduced, designed to expedite the siting process while incorporating strong environmental protections. Specifically, the Department of Interior approved “wind energy areas” off the coast where projects can move through the regulatory approval process more quickly.^[3] The NOAA Coastal Services Center (CSC) has released a cadastre web tool to illustrate suitability of Eastern seaboard areas.^[4]

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is a federal agency responsible for determining offshore areas where wind farms may be built on the Outer Continental Shelf.^[5] It sells leases to qualified bidders.^[6]

Operational

North America’s first floating wind turbine (Volturn US) that will produce power was ceremonially lowered into the Penobscot River in Maine in 2013.^[7][8][1][9] As of 2015 there were no permanent offshore wind farms in the US.^{[10][11][12][2]}

Under construction

• Block Island Wind Farm^[13] (Rhode Island)
• Fisherman's Energy Atlantic City Windfarm^[14][15] (New Jersey) Groundbreaking for the onshore portion of the project took place in December 2014.^[16][17]

Proposed and approved

Federally funded

In May 2014, the United States Department of Energy chose three offshore wind projects to receive up to $47 million apiece over a four-year period:^[18]

• Fisherman's Energy Atlantic City Windfarm^[14][15] (New Jersey) ^[17]
• Principal Power Windfarm-floating wind turbine^[19][20][21] (Oregon)
• VOWTAP^[22] (Virginia)

Other proposed projects

• Bay State Wind (Massachusetts), 1.6 GW^[23][24]
• Cape Wind (Massachusetts) 430 MW^[25]
• Deepwater One South Fork (New York)^[26]

Abandoned, postponed or decommissioned

• Delaware Offshore Wind Farm^[27][28][2]
• University of Maine^[29][28][30]

See also

• Atlantic Wind Connection
• Deepwater Wind
• Wind power in the United States
• List of wind farms
• List of offshore wind farms
• Lists of offshore wind farms by country
• Wind Power
• NIMBY
• Energy Policy Act of 2005
• Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound

Notes

External links

• 'Only a matter of time': U.S. offshore wind struggles to get off the ground
• Draft Environmental Impact Statement - produced by the US Army Corps of Engineers
• Opinion piece on wind turbines shifting
• Cape Wind Project Page - company website
• Clean Power Now - a pro-project advocacy group
• Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound - anti-project advocacy group

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