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Massachusetts has the largest technical offshore wind potential by wind speed, according to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Two BOEM commercial wind energy leases were auctioned in 2015, one to OffshoreMW, LLC and the other to RES America Developments, Inc. The latter has sold its development rights to DONG Energy.

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State Resources

Title Source/Sponsorsort descending Date
Tourist Viewshed Externalities and Wind Energy Production Agricultural and Resource Economics Review Jul 28 2017
Federal Revenue and Economic Impacts from BOEM Offshore Wind Leasing American Clean Power Dec 1 2021
The 80 Percent Challenge: A Survey of Climate Change Opinion and Action in Massachusetts Barr Foundation Apr 1 2011
Vineyard Wind COP Approval Letter BOEM May 1 2021
BOEM Seeks Comment to Inform Environmental Review of Proposed Wind Energy Project Offshore Massachusetts BOEM Dec 19 2022
BOEM Seeks Comment on Draft Environmental Analysis for Proposed Wind Energy Project Offshore Massachusetts BOEM Feb 13 2023
BOEM Proposes Offshore Wind Lease Sale in Massachusetts BOEM Apr 11 2018
Cape Wind Draft Supplemental EIS Available for Comment BOEM Mar 30 2017
Commercial Wind Leasing Offshore Rhode Island And Massachusetts BOEM Jan 16 2020
BOEM Issues Final SEIS on Massachusetts' Cape Wind Energy Project Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Aug 4 2017
Cape Wind Fact Sheet Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Aug 1 2013
Rhode Island and Massachusetts Leasing Area Proposed Sale Notice Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Dec 1 2012
BOEM Announces NOI for Vineyard Wind COP Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Mar 30 2018
Final Sale Notice of Wind Energy Area Leases Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Jun 1 2013
Response to Comments and Explanation of Changes to Sale Notice Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Jul 25 2013
Lease Auction Results Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Jul 31 2013
Proposed Sale Notice BOEM-MA Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Jun 18 2014
Cape Wind Fact Sheet Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Aug 1 2013
Marine Wildlife Survey Results from BOEM and MassCEC Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Mass Clean Energy Center Oct 25 2016
Litigation History of Cape Wind Cape Wind May 2 2014
Cable Contract for Cape Wind Cape Wind Mar 13 2014
Cape Wind Comments on Dismissal of Town of Barnstable v Cape Wind Lawsuit Cape Wind May 3 2014
Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Investigation- Cape Wind Energy Project, Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts Cape Wind Associates, LLC Aug 24 2006
Summary of Plan Materials- Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)- Cape Wind Energy Project Cape Wind Associates, LLC Aug 3 2006
Supplemental Marine Archaeological Reconnaissance Survey of Revised Layout Offshore Project Area- Cape Wind Cape Wind Associates, LLC Jan 26 2006
MEPA Notice of Project Change- Cape Wind Energy Project Cape Wind Associates, LLC Jun 30 2005
Technical Report- Appendix 3.11-C: Visual Impact Assessment of Multiple Historic Properties- Cape Wind Energy Project Cape Wind Associates, LLC Sep 25 2006
Economic Impact Analysis of the Cape Wind Offshore Renewable Energy Project Cape Wind Associates, LLC Apr 2 2003
Tern Observations Near Monomoy Island August 28-31, 2006 Cape Wind Associates, LLC Dec 8 2006
Comparison of Cape Wind Scientific Data Tower Wind Speed Data with ISO New England List of Top Ten Electric Demand Days Cape Wind Associates, LLC Jul 2 2007

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