Offshore Wind Wire

MORNING ROUNDUP: Massachusetts Court Allows Cape Wind “Super Permit”

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled yesterday the state was allowed to overrule community opposition when it granted a “super permit” to the Cape Wind offshore wind project in 2009, the Boston Globe reported. According to the Globe, if the court decision had gone the other way “the project would probably have been delayed [...]

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Massachusetts Developing Offshore Wind Leasing With Local Officials

By Peter Brennan Massachusetts officials are working with the town of Gosnold to develop an offshore wind leasing process for that region in southeastern Massachusetts, a senior ocean planning official said today. State officials are also developing rules and regulations to implement the overall Ocean Management Plan, the nation’s first attempt to zone offshore wind development in [...]

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Experts Praise Massachusetts Offshore Wind Planning

Experts across Massachusetts gave positive reviews this week to the state’s ground-breaking Ocean Management Plan. The plan, released Monday, zoned state waters for offshore wind development and is being promoted as the first of its kind in the country. It set aside two areas in the south of the state for large-scale commercial development and [...]

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Massachusetts Ocean Plan Delegates Offshore Wind Regulation

By Peter Brennan Massachusetts delegated regulation of some offshore wind development to local officials today in the final draft of the highly anticipated Ocean Management Plan. The plan, which was required by the Massachusetts Oceans Act of 2008, zones state waters for large-scale offshore wind development and is being touted as the first offshore wind-zoning plan [...]

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Final Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan Debuts Monday

By Peter Brennan Massachusetts will publicly release the final draft of the highly anticipated Ocean Management Plan early next week, according to state officials. The Plan, touted by officials as the first of its kind in the nation, will zone state waters for large-scale offshore wind development. The Massachusetts Oceans Act required Energy and Environmental Affairs [...]

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