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Statement: Biden administration goes big on offshore wind with NY Bight lease auction
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced Wednesday that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold a wind energy auction on Feb. 23 for more than 480,000 acres in the New York Bight. This will be the first offshore wind energy auction under the Biden administration.
Biden administration announces key N.Y. Bight offshore wind lease auction
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced Wednesday that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold a wind energy auction on Feb. 23 for more than 480,000 acres in the New York Bight. This will be the first offshore wind energy auction under the Biden administration. The auction will allow offshore wind developers to bid on six lease areas – the most areas ever offered in a single auction, according to BOEM’s Final Sale Notice.
Hundreds of voices are speaking up for big blue
More than 250 community leaders joined the movement to protect our oceans by signing up to become “Voices for Our Oceans.”