The Interior Department gave a key environmental go-ahead for leasing wind energy in the Gulf of Mexico, setting the stage for the first-ever offshore wind lease sale in the region.
The finding of no significant impact is a positive development for President Joe Biden's green energy and climate change agendas. Biden wants to enable the installation of 30 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2030.There are no commercial-scale offshore wind projects generating electricity off U.S. coasts as of yet.
Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's review encompassed 30 million acres within the Gulf, a much larger area than is being contemplated for individual lease sales.“The completion of our environmental review is an important step forward to advance clean energy development in a responsible manner while promoting economic vitality and well-paying jobs in the Gulf of Mexico region,” said BOEM Director Liz Klein.
The BOEM announced its first proposed lease sale in February, which covers more than 300,000 acres in three wind energy areas off the coasts of Galveston, Texas, and Lake Charles, Louisiana, estimated to be sufficient to power approximately 1.3 million homes.
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