Figure 3From: Assessing environmental impacts of offshore wind farms: lessons learned and recommendations for the futurePotential wind energy areas in the Mid-Atlantic off the U.S.A. (source BOEM). There are no commercial wind farms currently on the Atlantic outer continental shelf off the U.S.A., but the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has designated wind energy areas, which are in the planning (orange squares) and leased (green squares) stages (July 2014).Back to article page