BOEM Announces Final Sale Notice for the First Offshore Wind Lease Sale in the Gulf of Maine

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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced the Final Sale Notice (FSN) for offshore wind leasing on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) in the U.S. Gulf of Maine. The FSN set the auction for October 29, 2024, which includes eight leases on the OCS off Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine. If fully developed, these areas have a potential capacity of approximately 13 gigawatts of clean offshore wind energy, which could power more than 4.5 million homes. More information is available here. The FSN is available here.