Mid Atlantic Wind Energy Areas Regional EA
On February 9, 2011, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management filed a notice in the federal register seeking comments on its ocean windpower plan for offshore NJ, DE, MD, and VA

On March 11, 2011, Penobscot Bay Watch sent a letter to the federal Office of Offshore Alternative Energy Programs of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, concerning issues that need reviewing as part of the Mid Atlantic Wind Energy Areas Regional Environmental Assessment. In particular, the potential impact of windfarms on planktonic stages of blue crabs, blue fish and menhaden. European ocean windfarm researchers have found that the physical action of windmills can divert water currents that flow through the ovean windfarm

Below is the PBW letter and the technical documents submited in support of the letter.

* Penobscot Bay watch comments on the proposed Mid Atlantic WEA

* On the influence of large wind farms on the upper ocean circulation. Goram Brostrom, Norwegian Meteorology Institute. 2008

* Goram Brostrom. August 2010 . Personal communication

* Wake effects at Horns Rev and their influence on energy production. Martin Méchali et al. Risř National Laboratory and Elsam Engineering 2007

* Weather response to a large wind turbine array D. B. Barrie and D. B. Kirk-Davidoff, University of Maryland Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss.: 29 January 2009 (pdf)

* Potential climatic impacts & reliability of very large-scale wind farms 2009 by C. Wang and R. G. Prinn