May 15, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A group of 10 environmental groups filed a legal brief today in support of an effort by states and industry to overturn the Trump administration’s government-wide ban on new wind energy projects.
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May 6, 2025
Washington, D.C. - Attorneys general from 17 states and Washington, D.C. are suing the Trump Administration for its actions blocking onshore and offshore wind projects.
April 17, 2025
Washington, D.C. - The Trump Administration has demanded a halt to all construction on the Empire Wind Project, an offshore wind project off the coast of New York. The project, once completed, will generate enough electricity to power 500,000 homes in New York City, helping to meet rising power demand while strengthening the region’s energy security through clean, locally produced electricity.
February 14, 2025
Washington, D.C. - Heatmap News recently acquired a letter that conservative groups, including the Heartland Institute, Caesar Rodney Institute, and Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow, sent to U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, requesting Secretary Burgum walk back offshore wind development in the United States.
January 21, 2025
MORRO BAY, Calif. — On the first day of his Presidency, Donald Trump announced he is halting development of all offshore wind projects across the United States. Right now, there are enough offshore wind projects in development in the United States to power more than six million homes once completed.
October 29, 2024
MAINE. – Today, the Department of Interior (DOI) announced the results of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s first-ever Gulf of Maine wind energy auction for eight lease areas off the shore of Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.
Massachusetts and Rhode Island Select Nearly 3,000 MW of Offshore Wind Projects in Joint Procurement
September 6, 2024
BOSTON, MA. -- Today, project bids for offshore wind development in Massachusetts and Rhode Island were selected by the states’ two respective energy and environmental agencies, the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) and the Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources (OER). In total, 2,878 MW – split across three selected projects – were chosen in the first-of-its-kind joint procurement. That is enough renewable energy to power 1.5 million homes.
September 5, 2024
Maryland – Today, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued a Record of Decision on US Wind’s Construction and Operations Plan for an offshore wind project in Maryland, marking the Biden administration’s final approval for this project. This is the nation’s tenth approved offshore wind project.
July 19, 2024
Cape Cod, Massachusetts - On Saturday, July 13, a single blade from an offshore turbine in the Vineyard Wind 1 project suffered a failure and produced debris south of the island of Nantucket in Massachusetts. This led to a federally ordered safety shutdown of Vineyard Wind’s operations. Vineyard Wind released a public statement on July 15. As pieces of the blade began washing ashore on Nantucket on Tuesday, the community came together to remove debris from the beach while the company mobilized their cleanup effort.
July 2, 2024
New Jersey – Today, the Department of the Interior announced its approval of the Atlantic Shores South offshore wind energy project off the coast of New Jersey – the nation’s ninth approved commercial-scale, offshore wind energy project.
June 28, 2024
NEW YORK - Last week, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issued a decision allowing Sunrise Wind to begin construction on its plans for a commercial wind farm. Once completed, the project will create 924 megawatts (MW) of wind energy. This final approval demonstrates the Biden administration’s commitment to advancing offshore wind and fighting climate change. It will also bring New York closer to meeting its climate goals and reaching70 percent renewable energy by 2030.
June 4, 2024
BOSTON, MA - Offshore wind is critical to achieving New England’s climate goals, reducing local energy costs, and protecting New Englanders from volatile gas prices, according to a new report authored by Synapse Energy Economics, Inc.