The US Department of the Interior has announced it will hold an offshore wind energy lease sale in the Central Atlantic. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will auction areas on August 14, 2024, capable of generating up to 6.3GW of renewable energy.
The Final Sale Notice (FSN), publishing in the Federal Register on July 1, includes one area offshore the states of Delaware and Maryland, and one area offshore the Commonwealth of Virginia. Lease Area A-2 spans 101,443 acres and is approximately 26 nautical miles from Delaware Bay. Lease Area C-1 covers 176,505 acres and is approximately 35 nautical miles from the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. Seventeen companies have qualified to participate in the August sale.
