Nantucket Files Suit Over BOEM Offshore Wind Approval

April 1, 2025--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The Town and County of Nantucket, the picturesque Massachusetts island, late last week filed an appeal in a Washington, D.C., court over the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's (BOEM) approval of the SouthCoast offshore wind project, which is planned for a location about 20 miles from Nantucket.

At the heart of the lawsuit is Nantucket's tourist-driven economy, which some residents think would be hurt by the view of the offshore turbines. "While BOEM has admitted that the project will adversely affect Nantucket's internationally renowned historic district, which powers the Town's heritage tourism economy, Nantucket alleges that BOEM violated federal law in failing to address those harms before greenlighting the project," the town said Thursday.