Part II: Ready, willing, and able: Long Island poised to build major supply chain as New York ramps offshore wind procurements

By Elana Knopp, Senior Content Writer, Edison Energy. In this last of a two-part series, Edison Energy sat down with Mariah Dignan, Regional Director, Long Island, at Climate Jobs New York (CJNY), to discuss upcoming offshore wind procurements in New York and the region’s growing supply chain. Click here to read the first part in the series.

In December, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced the completion of its environmental review of potential impacts from offshore wind leasing activities in the New York Bight, a portion of the Atlantic Ocean located offshore New York and New Jersey. The final Environmental Assessment (EA) assesses potential impacts from the issuance of leases within nearly 800,000 acres of wind energy areas in the New York Bight. Based on the analysis in the EA, BOEM issued a finding of no significant impact (FONSI).