Today, BOEM completed its sixth offshore wind lease sale by offering areas in the Gulf of Maine – the first commercial sale for floating offshore wind on the U.S. Atlantic Coast. The floating wind lease sale resulted in two provisional winners on four lease areas and over $21.9 million in winning bids.
Avangrid Renewables, LLC won Lease OCS-564 at $4,928,250, which consists of 98,565 acres and Lease OCS-568 at $6,244,850, which consists of 124,897 acres. Both lease areas are approximately 29.5...