Despite the tepid response to its first Gulf of Mexico offshore wind lease auction, the U.S. Department of the Interior today announced its proposal for a second GoM offshore wind lease sale The proposed lease sale includes four areas offshore Louisiana and Texas, totaling 410,060 acres, which have the potential to power 1.2 million homes.
Three of the new areas are off the coast of Texas, and one is off the coast of Louisiana.
The first GoM offshore wind lease sale, in August last year, produced...