USA: BOEM to Announce Wind Energy Leasing Off RI and MA

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has stated that an announcement on the “latest milestone in commercial wind energy planning and leasing in the area of mutual interest offshore of Rhode Island and Massachusetts” will be made on Friday afternoon.

Two senior officials who will make the announcement are BOEM Deputy Director, Walter Cruickshank, and BOEM Renewable Energy Program Manager, Maureen Bornholdt.

Bordholdt has been the Bureau’s spokesperson in charge of community relations over the past two years. She has pursued efforts to explain federal offshore wind plans and gather feedback upon meeting with the fishing community in New Bedford, MA, affluent residents of Martha’s Vineyard and state and industry leaders in Boston.

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Offshore WIND staff, February 24, 2012