![Towers for the Revolution Wind project await transport from State Pier in New London to the construction site on a foggy morning on May 2.The 65-turbine project will generate 704 MW of power for CT and RI residents, enough for 350,000 homes.](https://seagrant.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1985/2024/05/IMG_7580-scaled.jpg)
Overview and updates on projects relevant to Connecticut
![A vessel travels between two of the South Fork Wind project turbines on May 14.](https://seagrant.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1985/2024/05/IMG_7725-1200x762.jpg)
Tour showcases South Fork Wind project
Dozens of local officials and representatives of media and local organizations including Connecticut Sea Grant joined a tour of the South Fork Wind project, located off the south shore of Long Island, on May 14.
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CTSG research coordinator among Sea Grant award recipients
CT Sea Grant Research Coordinator Syma Ebbin was among a team from Northeast Sea Grant programs chosen for a 2023-2024 Northeast Superior Programming Award for their work on building offshore wind energy capacity within the Northeast Sea Grant Consortium.
[Read More]![Towers and blades for the South Fork wind farm being built off the Long Island coast are staged and prepared for transport to the site at State Pier in New London on Oct. 31, 2023.](https://seagrant.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1985/2023/10/IMG_6643-1200x700.jpg)
Big picture view on offshore wind industry in our backyard
This op-ed article written by CTSG Communications Coordinator Judy Benson and published in Connecticut newspapers looks at the offshore wind industry in New London in the context of history and the world environment.
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2024 Coastal Perspectives Lecture Series begins Feb. 6
The 2024 Coastal Perspective Lecture Series begins at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 6 with a talk titled, “The Development, Construction and Fisheries Monitoring of Ørsted’s South Fork Wind Farm.”
[Read More]![Fishing and Offshore Wind Interactions infographic](https://seagrant.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1985/2024/01/OWD_RFP_2024_square-1200x1200.png)
Funding supports research on fishing community, offshore wind
The Northeast Sea Grant Consortium, in partnership with NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center, announces a research funding opportunity to improve understanding of fishing community interactions with offshore wind development in the Northeast.
[Read More]![Gary Yerman, right, owner of New London Seafood Distributors, talks with a representative of Equinor, developers of the Beacon Wind project, at a public meeting at Mystic Seaport on Oct. 3.](https://seagrant.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1985/2022/11/IMG_4292-768x512.jpg)
![Representatives of Sea Grant programs from several states participated in a visit to the offshore wind staging area in New Bedford, MA, where the Vineyard Wind project is being staged, on Dec. 7.](https://seagrant.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1985/2023/12/IMG_6829-400x267.jpg)
![Five of the 12 turbines and the substation of the South Fork Wind project are seen from the deck of a ferry touring the site off Long Island on May 14.](https://seagrant.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1985/2024/05/ow.webpage.pix_-400x192.jpg)
![Large vessels with heavy-lift capacity are being used to transport components of the South Fork wind farm to State Pier in New London.](https://seagrant.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1985/2023/10/st.pier_.9.23-400x267.jpg)
![Map from the Northeast Ocean Data Portal shows levels of commercial fishing activity offshore from coastal New England and the mid-Atlantic](https://seagrant.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1985/2022/11/fishingmap-e1668111497958-1200x780.jpg)
CTSG Offshore Wind Energy Seafood Industry Advisors:
- Joseph Gilbert, Empire Fisheries, LLC
- Michael Theiler, Jeanette T Fisheries
- Paul Henriques, H and H Shellfish, LLC
KEY RESOURCES
- Northeast Sea Grant Consortium Ocean Renewable Energy Initiatives: https://www.northeastseagrant.com/
initiatives/ocean-renewable-energy - National Sea Grant Offshore Wind Energy Liaison: https://www.seagrantenergy.org/
- Interactive map of proposed projects: https://www.seagrantenergy.org/
where-is-owe-being-developed - Wind Exchange (federal Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy): https://windexchange.energy.gov/
- CT specific Wind Exchange page: https://windexchange.energy.gov/states/ct
- Fisheries Mitigation Project: https://offshorewindpower.org/fisheries-mitigation-project
- NOAA Fisheries New England/North Atlantic: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/
region/new-england-mid-atlantic - National Renewable Energy Laboratory: https://www.nrel.gov/
- Northeast Ocean Data Portal: https://www.northeastoceandata.org
- Federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management: https://www.boem.gov/renewable-energy
- Offshore wind and commercial fishing:
https://www.seagrantenergy.org/
commercial-fishing - Offshore wind and Connecticut:
https://www.seagrantenergy.org
/connecticut - Responsible Offshore Development Alliance: https://rodafisheries.org/
- Responsible Offshore Science Alliance: https://www.rosascience.org