Inside Division holds offshore wind vitality public sale for Gulf
by Clyde Hughes
Washington DC (UPI) Aug 29, 2023
The Division of the Inside held the primary offshore wind vitality public sale for the Gulf of Mexico area Tuesday, main to at least one lease space receiving a excessive bid of $5.6 million.
RWE Offshore US Gulf LLC received the Lake Charles Lease Space, which has the potential to generate about 1.24 gigawatts of offshore wind vitality capability. That has the potential of powering 435,400 properties with renewable vitality, the division stated.
“The Biden-Harris administration is making once-in-a-generation investments in America’s infrastructure and our clear vitality future as we take steps to convey offshore wind vitality to extra areas across the nation,” Inside Secretary Deb Haaland stated in a press release.
“I’m happy with the exhausting work being carried out by the Bureau of Ocean Power Administration and throughout the Inside Division to ship on our guarantees to advance a clear vitality financial system that may decrease vitality prices for households and create good-paying jobs as we assist deal with the local weather disaster.”
RWE is likely one of the world’s main offshore wind corporations and is lively from challenge conception and growth to development, operation and upkeep. It operates 19 offshore wind farms globally, in accordance with its web site.
“At the moment’s lease sale represents an vital milestone for the Gulf of Mexico area — and for our nation — to transition to a clear vitality future,” Bureau of Ocean Power Administration Director Elizabeth Klein stated. “The Lake Charles Lease Space may have the potential to generate sufficient electrical energy to energy about 435,400 properties and create a whole bunch of jobs.”
The Inside Division has held 4 different offshore wind lease auctions, together with a record-breaking sale offshore New York, together with initiating environmental evaluations of 10 offshore wind initiatives.
The Division has additionally taken steps to evolve its method to offshore wind to drive towards union-built initiatives and a home provide chain.
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