AGENCY ACTIONS: BOEM

Offshore Wind Projects

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is the lead federal agency authorized to issue leases, easements, and rights of way to allow for renewable energy development on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The four distinct phases of BOEM’s renewable energy program are shown below on this page. Other entities, including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and states, also have roles in the development and permitting process, which is beyond the scope of this web page.

The table below provides access to information about operational and proposed offshore wind energy projects from Maine to North Carolina. Links lead to BOEM’s web pages for the projects and to the Portal’s maps of lease areas and any available project-specific data. Offshore wind project data layers are also accessible in the Data Explorer under Energy & Infrastructure, and source data are accessible on the Get Data page.

Status of Offshore Wind Projects

PROJECT NAME: Link to BOEM web page with project details and public meeting information. LEASE NUMBER: Link to Data Explorer map of lease area. PROJECT LOCATION: Link to Data Explorer map of available data on existing or proposed project footprint, cable route(s), and/or turbine locations.

Project Name	Lease NUMBER	Lessee / Parent Company	Status / Public Comment	Project Location
Block Island Wind Farm	State lease	Deepwater Wind New England LLC / Orsted North America Inc.	Operation	View Map
Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind – Pilot	OCS-A 0497	Virginia Department of Energy	Operation	View Map
South Fork Wind Farm	OCS-A 0517	South Fork Wind LLC / Orsted North America Inc. & Eversource	Operation	View Map
Vineyard Wind 1	OCS-A 0501	Vineyard Wind 1 LLC / Avangrid Renewables LLC & Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners	Environmental Review and Permitting Complete	View Map
Ocean Wind 1	OCS-A 0498	Ocean Wind LLC / Orsted North America Inc. & PSEG	Environmental Review and Permitting Complete	View Map
Revolution Wind	OCS-A 0486	Revolution Wind LLC / Orsted North America Inc. & Eversource	Environmental Review and Permitting Complete	View Map
Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind – Commercial	OCS-A 0483	Virginia Electric and Power Company	Environmental Review and Permitting Complete	View Map
Empire Wind 1 and Empire Wind 2	OCS-A 0512	Empire Offshore Wind LLC / Equinor Wind US	Environmental Review and Permitting Complete	View Map
Sunrise Wind	OCS-A 0487	Sunrise Wind LLC / Orsted North America Inc. & Eversource	Environmental Review and Permitting Complete	View Map
New England Wind 1	OCS-A 0534	Park City Wind LLC	Environmental Review and Permitting Complete	Project Map Not Available
New England Wind 2	OCS-A 0561	Commonwealth Wind LLC	Environmental Review and Permitting Complete	Project Map Not Available
Atlantic Shores South	OCS-A 0499	Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind Projects 1 & 2 LLCs / Shell New Energies US LLC & EDF Renewables North America	Environmental Review and Permitting Complete	Project Map Not Available
MarWin and Momentum Wind (Maryland Offshore Wind)	OCS-A 0490	US Wind Inc	Environmental Review and Permitting Complete	Project Map Not Available
Maine Research Array (State of Maine Research Lease)	OCS-A 0553	State of Maine / Pine Tree Offshore Wind LLC	Environmental Review and Permitting Complete	Project Map Not Available
SouthCoast Wind	OCS-A 0521	SouthCoast Wind Energy LLC / Ocean Winds & Shell	Environmental Review and Permitting Complete	Project Map Not Available
Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind South (Kitty Hawk North)	OCS-A 0559	Kitty Hawk Wind, LLC (Dominion Energy)	BOEM NOI	Project Map Not Available
Kitty Hawk South	OCS-A 0508	Avangrid Renewables	BOEM NOI	Project Map Not Available
Atlantic Shores North	OCS-A 0549	Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, LLC	BOEM NOI	Project Map Not Available
Vineyard Wind 2 (Vineyard Northeast)	OCS-A 0522	Vineyard Northeast LLC	BOEM NOI	Project Map Not Available
Beacon Wind	OCS-A 0520	Beacon Wind LLC / BP	BOEM Draft EA for additional site assessment	Project Map Not Available
Bay State Wind / Starboard Wind	OCS-A 0500	Bay State Wind LLC / Orsted North America Inc. & Eversource	COP Submitted
Skipjack Wind	OCS-A 0482 and OCS-A 0519	GSOE LLC / Orsted North America Inc. & PSEG and Skipjack Offshore Energy LLC / Orsted North America Inc.	COP Submitted
Garden State Offshore Energy	OCS-A 0482	GSOE LLC / Orsted North America Inc. & PSEG	SAP Approved
Excelsior Wind (Vineyard Mid-Atlantic, LLC)	OCS-A 0544	Vineyard Mid-Atlantic LLC	NY Bight Final PEIS
Leading Light Wind (Invenergy Wind)	OCS-A 0542	Invenergy Wind Offshore LLC	NY Bight Final PEIS
Atlantic Offshore Wind	OCS-A 0541	Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind Bight LLC	NY Bight Final PEIS
Community Offshore Wind	OCS-A 0539	Community Offshore Wind LLC	NY Bight Final PEIS
Attentive Energy One	OCS-A 0538	Attentive Energy LLC	NY Bight Final PEIS
Bluepoint Wind	OCS-A 0537	Bluepoint Wind LLC	NY Bight Final PEIS
Ocean Wind 2	OCS-A 0532	Orsted North America Inc
TotalEnergies Carolina Long Bay, LLC	OCS-A 0545	TotalEnergies Renewables USA LLC
Cinergy Corp	OCS-A 0546	Cinergy Corp

Last edit: January 10, 2025

Other BOEM Offshore Wind Atlantic Planning Updates

Update	Location	Relevant Dates
BOEM rescinds offshore wind planning areas		July 30, 2025
Central Atlantic Call for Information and Nominations	View Map	Public comment period closed October 21, 2024
Central Atlantic Final Sale Notice	View Map	Auction held August 14, 2024
Gulf of Maine Draft Environmental Analysis	View Map	Final EA
Gulf of Maine Proposed Sale Notice	View Map	Public comment period closed July 1, 2024
Central Atlantic Lease Final Environmental Assessment	View Map	N/A
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for Commercial Wind Lease Issuance, Site Characterization Activities, and Site Assessment Activities on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf in the Gulf of Maine Offshore the States of Maine, New Hampshire, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts	View Map	Public comment period closed April 17, 2024
Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for Expected Wind Energy Development in the New York Bight	Map Not Available	Public comment period closed March 13, 2024
Central Atlantic Proposed Sale Notice	Map Not Available	Public comment period closed February 10, 2024

Last edit: August 8, 2025

For more detail about BOEM’s renewable energy program phases, see BOEM’s Renewable Energy Regulatory Framework and Guidelines.

The first phase involves planning and analysis to identify the most appropriate sites for renewable energy leasing and development activities. This phase involves federally recognized tribes, other federal agencies, states, local governments, and includes mechanisms for public input. Steps in this phase could include:

Intergovernmental Task Force
Request for Information or Call for Information and Nominations
Area Identification. This can include unsolicited bids.
Environmental Reviews

The Energy Policy Act of 2005 requires that BOEM issue leases and grants on a competitive basis, unless it determines that there is no competitive interest in the proposed lease or grant. When only one developer has indicated interest in developing a given site, BOEM may issue a lease or grant noncompetitively. If multiple developers express interest in leasing a given site, then BOEM proceeds with a competitive leasing process, which may ultimately result in a lease sale or auction. In either case, there are multiple opportunities for public involvement in the activities in this phase. In practice, all leases issued in the Northeast have been competitive.

Publish leasing notices
Conduct auction or negotiate lease terms
Issue lease(s)

Once a lease or grant is issued, lessees have 12 months to submit a Site Assessment Plan (SAP) to BOEM that describes how they will characterize the area (e.g., conduct resource assessments, install meteorological towers or buoys). SAPs pertain to the entire lease area. After site assessment, developers often publicly announce their intent to build a project within the lease area and choose a project name. At this time, they might also begin negotiating with utility companies, states, and other entities to secure support for the project.

Site characterization
Site assessment plan

This phase includes the formal submission of a plan to construct a specific offshore wind energy facility within a lease area, the environmental review of the proposed project by BOEM with cooperating and participating agencies (includes federal and state) under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and the actual construction of a facility. This phase includes several steps that span many years and include public meetings and comment periods (*indicates formal public comment opportunity):

COP Submitted – developer submits Construction and Operations Plan (COP)
After BOEM approves the COP, maps showing the proposed footprint and potential layout of the project will become available on the Northeast Ocean Data Portal.
BOEM NOI – BOEM publishes a Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (*)
BOEM DEIS – BOEM issues a Draft Environmental Impact Statement(*)
BOEM FEIS – BOEM issues a Final Environmental Impact Statement
BOEM ROD – BOEM issues a Record of Decision
Construction
Operation
Decommissioning

The Northeast Ocean Data Portal Working Group would like to gratefully acknowledge the valuable contributions of Josh Wadlington in discussing, developing, and reviewing offshore wind data and information with us over the past several years.

References

BOEM, 2016. A Citizen’s Guide to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s Renewable Energy Authorization Process. https://www.boem.gov/KW-CG-Broch/

BOEM 2020. Renewable Energy: Regulatory Framework and Guidelines. https://www.boem.gov/Regulatory-Framework/

BOEM 2020. Renewable Energy: State Activities. https://www.boem.gov/Renewable-Energy-State-Activities/