Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) Director Michael R. Bromwich delivered opening remarks at the bureau’s Atlantic Wind Energy Workshop in Herndon, Va.

The bureau hosted the three-day workshop as part of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Department of the Interior and the Deparment of Energy to coordinate environmental monitoring and baseline studies in support of environmental assessment and consultations for potential projects in the mid-Atlantic Wind Energy Areas. As part of the “Smart from the Start” wind energy initiative to spur renewable energy development on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), this workshop will assist BOEMRE and its federal partners in environmental and technical reviews of Wind Energy Areas and in the evaluation of new projects.