On Tuesday, October 6th, representatives from the Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management (BOEM) will be visiting Bald Head Island to do a presentation on the proposed wind turbine farms off our shores. This meeting is tentatively scheduled for 3:00 pm. Bald Head representatives hope to keep BOEM representatives there until after dark so they can drive them out to their East and South beaches to enjoy the night sky views, which would be impacted by the wind farms.

On October 7th, BOEM will be holding an all-day forum in Wilmington to discuss this issue. The meeting of the North Carolina Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Task Force will be from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm at the Coastline Conference & Event Center located at 501 Nutt Street, Wilmington NC 28401.  Either or both of these sessions will provide an opportunity to share concerns about these proposed Wind Farms.  

If you are interested in and able to attend the Bald Head Island session, please let us know as they are working to make arrangements for ferry passes and parking.  You can email us at [email protected].

For more information on the proposed wind farms check out our Hot Topics page here and the link to the BOEM site is here.