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July 27
July 27
BOEM Vineyard Wind Supplemental Review Comments
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is due to receive comments on its supplement to the draft environmental analysis of Vineyard Wind LLC’s 800-megawatt offshore wind project. After a draft assessment in 2018, the bureau decided to undertake the supplemental analysis to understand the cumulative impacts of multiple projects proposed in the region. The expanded analysis assumes that about 22 gigawatts of Atlantic offshore wind development is reasonably foreseeable along the east coast. The agency held five virtual public meetings since the issuance of the draft analysis in June to inform the public about the potential impacts and proposed mitigations of the project, and to gather input. READ MORE