Overview and updates on projects relevant to Connecticut
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.
[Read More]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]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]Photos of State Pier offshore wind construction site
See photos from the Nov. 20, 2023, tour of State Pier in New London, where components for the South Fork wind farm now under construction are being staged.
[Read More]A look at offshore wind development in Connecticut
“Winds of change: Connecticut starts to see signs of offshore turbine development” in Wrack Lines Magazine Vol. 22 No. 2
[Read More]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