Posted on March 28, 2022
Within two months, the U.S. Department of the Interior will auction off the rights to build wind turbines in 172 square miles of the Atlantic Ocean off the southeastern North Carolina coast.
The site will be split into two different lease areas, and the department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will hold an auction on May 11. When it is built out, the site will be able to provide about 1.3 gigawatts of power, enough for almost 500,000 homes.
Both the Biden and Cooper administrations have called offshore wind energy a key part of the efforts to curb the impacts of climate change because it can generate power without emitting greenhouse gases. Biden set a national goal of 30 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2030, while Cooper set a state target of 2.8 gigawatts of offshore wind production by 2030 and 8 gigawatts by 2040.
In a statement, U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said, “The Biden-Harris administration is committed to supporting a robust clean energy economy, and the upcoming Carolina Long Bay offshore wind energy auction provides yet another excellent opportunity to strengthen our offshore wind industry while creating good-paying union jobs.”
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