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White House fact sheets

FACT SHEET: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Announces New Actions to Expand U.S. Offshore Wind Energy (September 2022)

FACT SHEET: Biden Administration Jumpstarts Offshore Wind Energy Projects to Create Jobs (March 2021)

NOAA news

Dive in with NOAA Fisheries Podcast: Studying ocean sounds to prep for renewable energy

May 10, 2024

A small fishing vessel near wind turbines.

NOAA, BOEM announce final North Atlantic right whale and offshore wind strategy

January 30, 2024

These two rare North Atlantic right whales were photographed by the NOAA's Northeast Fisheries Center aerial survey team in May 2016.

NOAA, BOEM announce final North Atlantic right whale and offshore wind strategy

January 25, 2024

Strategy is part of larger interagency effort to promote recovery of endangered species while responsibly developing offshore wind

These two rare North Atlantic right whales were photographed by the NOAA's Northeast Fisheries Center aerial survey team in May 2016.

Identifying a draft wind energy area in the Gulf of Maine

December 5, 2023

Map of the Gulf of Maine showing the Call Area outlined in black and Draft Wind Energy Area colored in blue

New England research project to boost off-shore wind generation

November 30, 2023

Photo showing a wind turbine generates electricity at the Block Island Wind Farm on July 07, 2022 near Block Island, Rhode Island.

NOAA and Community Offshore Wind to Partner on Environmental Monitoring Program

September 14, 2023

The ship also tows a plankton net at each location. Called a “bongo net” because it resembles a drum set, it collects plankton — tiny animals like fish larvae and krill that live in the water — which are too small to get caught in the trawl net. Plankton are an important source of food for many fish and whales, so plankton samples tell scientists about what food is available in the area.

NOAA and the University of Rhode Island Sign Agreement to Explore Effects of Offshore Wind Energy Development

June 15, 2023

Photo of a wind turbines generate electricity at the Block Island Wind Farm on July 07, 2022 near Block Island, Rhode Island.

NOAA Science Report features new data-gathering drones, advances in wind, water forecasts

March 29, 2023

An uncrewed aerial system sails in towards a sei whale to attach an acoustic recording tag that will help monitor impacts of human-caused noise on whale behavior.

Frequently asked questions: Offshore wind and whales

January 19, 2023

Photo of a wind turbines generate electricity at the Block Island Wind Farm on July 07, 2022 near Block Island, Rhode Island.

NOAA and BOEM announce joint strategy for fisheries surveys

December 5, 2022

Agencies aim to mitigate offshore wind development impacts

Aerial view of wind turbines that generate electricity at the Block Island Wind Farm on July 07, 2022 near Block Island, Rhode Island. The first commercial offshore wind farm in the United States is located 3.8 miles from Block Island, Rhode Island in the Atlantic Ocean.

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