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The Interior Department said Wednesday it plans to hold up to 12 offshore wind auctions through 2028, a five-year plan that looks to boost investor confidence in the fledgling offshore wind industry and deliver on President Joe Biden’s goal of reaching 30 gigawatts of offshore wind power by 2030.
The lease auctions are expected to be held in the Atlantic, the Gulf of Mexico, the Pacific, and the waters offshore of the U.S. territories, Interior officials said Wednesday.
Interior’s five-year plan includes four offshore wind auctions to be held this year, officials said, for acres in the Central Atlantic, the Gulf of Maine, the Gulf of Mexico, and Oregon. In 2025 and 2026 it will hold one lease sale per year in the Gulf
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