The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has started the process to identify new US offshore wind lease acreage off the Central Atlantic coast and in the Pacific off Oregon.
Director Amanda Lefton told delegates in Atlantic City on Wednesday the Department of the Interior agency is launching Calls for Information and Nominations to locate prime sites in both areas.
BOEM has identified around six plots totalling 3.9m acres in the Central Atlantic zone, taking in waters as far north as Delaware and south to Virginia. The closest point to the shore of any of the areas is approximately 20 nautical miles.
Two areas totalling 1.1m acres have been selected off Oregon. Both the Coos Bay and Brookings tracts begin about 12 nautical miles from shore at their closest points off central and southern state coastlines, respectively.
More on the story is in today’s special reNEWS show daily – the second of two special show daily editions this week as we report live from the conference in Atlantic City.
Also in the show daily we report on all the news from the New Jersey show, including Business Network for Offshore Wind chief executive Liz Burdock’s call for a shared transmission grid and Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm’s call to action.
Meanwhile, the conference heard call for a “new deal” between developers and the supply chain to deal with bottom line pressures affecting the industry.
We have a feature on the latest from the New York Bight winners and an interview with Orsted US boss David Hardy.
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