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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kevin McGill

Four tracts of federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico are designated for wind power development

Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

The Biden administration on Friday designated four tracts of federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico off the Texas and Louisiana coasts for development of wind energy.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announcement follows the first Gulf sale of leases for wind development earlier this year. That sale drew a $5.6 million bid from one company for one Gulf tract — a modest start for wind energy in the Gulf, which lags behind the Northeast in offshore wind power development.

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