“Offshore wind projects undergo rigorous environmental reviews and permitting processes, in addition to a lengthy public comment period," said Jason Ryan, a spokesman for the Clean Power Association. "The current slate of U.S. offshore wind projects under construc...
RWE Offshore US Gulf had the only winning bid in the USInterior Department's first-ever offshore wind energy auction forthe Gulf of Mexico on Aug. 29, winning the offshore Lake Charles,Louisiana, lease area, which has the potential to generate roughly1.24 GW.The company won with a $5.6...
Energy companies interested in developing offshore wind sites bid more than $1.5 billion Wednesday in by far the biggest US auction for the renewable power.
The lease areas have the potential to produce over 4.6 GW of offshore wind energy, enough to power more than 1.5 million homes, and support thousands of new jobs. Auction Format Instead of having two simultaneous auctions, as proposed in the Proposed Sale ...
The US Department of the Interior will hold an offshore wind energy lease sale in the Central Atlantic where two areas capable of generating up to 6.3 GW will be auctioned.
Equinor is applying our experience in floating wind technology to the Outer Continental Shelf offshore California. The 2 GW lease, Atlas Wind, lies off the state’s Central Coast. Central Atlantic In August 2024, a federal lease auction was held in the mid-Atlantic. Equinor was the winner of...
As a first step, the Interior Department will hold a lease auction for areas off the coast of California later this year. In addition, the Department of Energy will commit nearly $50 million to fund research, development and demonstration projects for floating offshore wind. The Energy Departmen...
Offshore Wind Technical Potential by Water Depth Source: Intelatus Global Partners, NREL Federal agencies are advancing offshore leasing in California, Oregon, the Gulf of Maine and several other locations that will feature floating offshore wind solutions. The first leases are expected to be aucti...
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Last January, an auction for leases was held with Denmark’s DONG Energy and German firm OffshoreMW, both of which have already built wind parks in Europe, as well as US firm Deepwater Wind, taking leases. Deepwater Wind is the company behind the Block Island offshore wind park – the...