The US Division of the Inside (DOI) and the Bureau of Ocean Vitality Administration (BOEM) as we speak printed a proposed sale discover (PSN) for an offshore wind lease sale within the Central Atlantic for one space offshore Delaware and Maryland, and one space offshore Virginia.Â
BOEM says that the 2 lease areas have the potential to energy over 2.2 million properties with clear power. Lease Space A-2 consists of 101,443 acres and is positioned roughly 26.4 nautical miles from Delaware Bay. Lease Space C-1 consists of 176,505 acres and is roughly 35 nautical miles from the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay.
In accordance with the PSN, which can be printed within the Federal Register on 12 December, 4 builders have already been deemed eligible for the lease sale, together with Avangrid Renewables, US Mainstream Offshore, OW North America Ventures, and energyRe Offshore Wind Holdings.
As within the earlier lease processes within the US, additional firms are anticipated to qualify to bid within the public sale by the point the DOI and BOEM subject the ultimate sale discover (FSN). The FSN can be printed not less than 30 days earlier than the lease sale, which is scheduled to be held early subsequent yr.
By issuing the PSN, BOEM is opening a 60-day public remark interval to get suggestions on which, if any, of the 2 lease areas ought to be provided in a lease sale subsequent yr, in addition to on sure lease provisions and circumstances, public sale particulars, standards for evaluating competing bids and procedures for lease award, appeals and lease execution.
Along with the now-published proposed sale discover, BOEM is making ready a draft environmental evaluation (EA) to guage the potential environmental impacts of lease issuance inside the Central Atlantic WEAs. The publication of the draft EA is forthcoming and can be accessible for assessment and public remark, BOEM says.
BOEM introduced three Central Atlantic Wind Vitality Areas (WEAs) in July and indicated that the realm WEA B-1, which isn’t included on this lease sale, wanted to be studied additional.
Positioned roughly 23.5 nautical miles offshore Ocean Metropolis, Maryland, the WEA was faraway from this proposed lease sale because of the vital prices and mitigation that will be required. Nevertheless, WEA B-1 could also be thought of as a part of a possible second lease sale within the Central Atlantic, which may happen as quickly as 2025, BOEM famous.
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