US offshore wind auction for NY Bight is final, attracts a record $4.37B in bids [Update]
February 26, 2022
On January 12, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) would hold an offshore wind energy auction for more than 488,000 acres in the New York Bight. It’s now complete, and the auction achieved $4.37 billion in high bids. It’s a huge leap forward for the fledgling US offshore wind industry
February 25 update: The offshore wind…