Outer Continental Shelf, offshore wind leasing has been terminated by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, rescinding all the designated Wind Energy Areas. Federal waters removed from developmentThe Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today announced it is rescinding all designated Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) on the U.S. The outlook was already grim for new offshore wind leasing activity following President Donald Trump’s executive order in January that introduced a temporary ban on the practice. Years of planning work were eliminatedFiguring out the best spot to place offshore wind is an involved undertaking. The move by BOEM to cancel all specially designated Wind Energy Areas can be seen as an extreme change in policy that will effectively end offshore wind development in federal waters.