The US has finally made a commitment to offshore wind (OSW) development as a pipeline of OSW farms is beginning to appear off the Atlantic Coast. So far, the Department of the Interior has auctioned off 16 leases in designated Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) to the highest bidder(s) and plans are being put in place to bring the wind farms located in the WEAs to fruition.
Originally published in the June 2019 edition of Dredging and Port Construction.
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