Events

Governor’s Energy Advisory Council: Renewable Energy and Clean Technologies Working Group Dec. 7, 2023 Meeting
State St. Commons Training Room
100 W. Water St., Dover, DE.
9am to 12pm

The working group will finalize its recommendations to the Council. It is important that offshore wind be given an integral role in the overall recommendations, and not just a consideration.
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Governor’s Energy Advisory Council Dec. 15, 2023 Meeting
Delaware Department of Agriculture building
2320 S. DuPont Hwy., Dover, DE
9am to 12pm
The Governor’s Energy Advisory Council will determine its final recommendations at its December 15th meeting. It is imperative that offshore wind receive a strong recommendation. In-person attendance is recommended, though online participants are given courteous consideration and time to speak.
Register to Attend Hybrid Meeting Online

Past Events

Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for US Wind’s Proposed Wind Energy Facility Offshore Maryland

Deadline for making online comments is November 20, 11:59 pm.

Recently the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) released its Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for two US Wind project proposals. This impact statement details what BOEM thinks about the proposals and is an important step ahead of awarding permits.

Go here to say why you think these two US Wind Maryland projects off Delaware’s shores should go forward in the approval process. Although these projects will not directly benefit Delaware they’re for the greater good. They’ll add yet another increment to efforts to minimize world-wide climate change.

More information about the project.

So, line up your facts, be sure to use reliable sources, and write your views. Check out some of the Facts in this website to learn more on the talking points you’d like to share. BOEM is keen to hear what we have to say. The intake software allows you to add attachments.

Maryland Offshore Wind Commercial Lease Map

Symposium: Economic & Workforce Benefits of Offshore Wind; co-sponsored by Delaware Nature Society

Tuesday, Sept. 19th, 2023, 6:00-7:30 pm
Delaware Environmental Education Center
1400 Delmarva Lane, Wilmington

Panelists:
Sam Salustro, Vice President of Strategic Communications, Business Network for Offshore Wind

Aaron Roller, Sr. Project Officer, New Jersey Economic Development Agency

Listening Sessions Set for Input on Ocean and Bay Plan
Let the folks at DNREC doing Delaware’s ocean planning know that you want to an offshore wind project off our coast. BOEM has included two relatively small new lease areas off our coast in its latest “draft wind areas” proposal. They cite scallop fisheries in the area as the problem for the small size of the lease areas. Do the presence of scallop grounds justify BOEM’s decisions? What can DNREC tell us about the marine life in the planning area that would help our thinking about offshore wind turbine placement? Attend a listening session in Dover on July 23rd. DNREC will have about 8 staff members on hand to answer questions and to look up compelling marine life information on the internet (internet data largely courtesy of MARCO).
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Listening Session: Ocean and Bay Uses and Resources
Wednesday, June 28, 2023, 5:00 pm
Route 9 Library and Innovation Center
3022 New Castle Ave.
New Castle, Delaware
Join a public listening session focused on how we use the ocean and the Delaware Bay.
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Offshore Wind and the Viewshed: Discussing Offshore Wind’s Visual Impacts
Tuesday, May 30th, 5:00-6:30 pm
Saint Martha’s Episcopal Church
117 Maplewood St. Bethany Beach

On Tuesday, May 30th, 5:00-6:30 pm, POWER and the Delaware Nature Society will host a symposium titled, “Offshore Wind and the Viewshed: Discussing Offshore Wind’s Visual Impacts.” The event will include presentations by Prof. Jeremy Firestone (U.D.), Prof. David Bidwell (U. of Rhode Island), and Mike Dunmyer (US Wind). Charlie Garlow, of Rehoboth Beach, will be the moderator. Come early or stay late to see a UK wind farm through the virtual reality goggles of Chris Bason (Ørsted).

Delaware Climate Action Rally
May 2, 2023: 11am – 4pm

Come out with DelNature and other organizations at the upcoming Delaware Climate Action Rally. Join us for an afternoon of guest speakers and fun while we show our support for Delaware’s Climate Change Solutions Act.

Offshore Wind Symposia
April 12, 2023
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware

Cape Gazette covered first in a series of offshore wind symposia, April 12, 2023.