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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Patrick Whittle

US chooses winning bids in first commercial sale for floating offshore Atlantic wind

United States Avangrid Deb Haaland New England wind power The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Offshore Wind Maine - (Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

The U.S. government chose winning bids Tuesday to develop wind power off New England in the first commercial sale for floating offshore wind on the Atlantic coast.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management held a lease sale and selected nearly $22 million in winning bids for four lease areas from two firms. The sale is a major step toward accelerating President Joe Biden's goal of dramatically expanding offshore wind energy capacity by 2030.

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