The Biden administration on Thursday announced it will hold an offshore wind energy auction in the Gulf of Mexico in August, the first such sale in the area.
The three leases are located off the Texas and Louisiana coasts. These areas have the potential to generate approximately 3.7 gigawatts (GW) and power almost 1.3 million homes, according to the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI).
The auction, to be held by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on Aug. 29, will advance the Biden administration’s efforts to deploy some 30 GW of offshore wind energy by 2030 to help reach a “carbon-free electricity sector” by 2035, according to the DOI….