In August 2024, BOEM, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Hawaiʻi Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Task Force (“Task Force”), established in 2012, reflects a partnership between federal, state, and local agencies, as well as offices who regularly engage with members of the Native Hawaiian community. The Task Force serves as a renewable energy forum to discuss issues and concerns, including those identified by the Native Hawaiian community; exchange data and information about biological, cultural, and physical resources, ocean uses, and priorities; and facilitate early and continual dialogue and collaboration opportunities. At this meeting, BOEM shared information regarding its offshore wind leasing process well as its studies on this renewable resource.
This video clip is of welcome remarks by facilitation contractor and opening remarks by Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Pacific Regional Director and Hawaiʻi State Energy Office (HSEO) Administrator.
Link to More Information: For more about BOEM’s renewable energy program activities in Hawaiʻi, please visit us online at www.boem.gov/Hawaii.
Byline: (Recording by Kearns and West, contractor)