Business interests on the Gulf Coast are hopeful the start of federal offshore wind leasing activities there can further strengthen the region's footprint as a critical energy producer.
the first-ever offshore wind lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico off the coasts of Louisiana and Texas. It was welcome news for the offshore energy lobby and local service sector, which hope to cash in on the administration's push to develop more wind energy projects in the Outer Continental Shelf.
"Through offshore wind, along with regular and predictable offshore oil and gas leasing, the U.S. Gulf of Mexico can expand its remarkable and irreplaceable energy portfolio," said Erik Milito, president of the National Ocean Industries Association."The energy, jobs, and investment opportunities from Gulf of Mexico offshore wind will be additive to the incredible benefits the offshore oil and gas sector provides our nation."The Gulf has long been a contributor to U.S.
Chett Chiasson, executive director of the Greater Lafourche Port Commission in Louisiana, said the region is prepared to expand into wind. Chiasson and GLPC manage Port Fourchon, which announced an agreement in early February with marine service company Crowley potentially to lease and develop an offshore wind terminal at the port.
"Hopefully, before the end of the year, [the agreement] will turn into a full-fledged lease for the first purpose-built offshore wind service facility in the Gulf of Mexico," Chiasson told the
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