The Department of the Interior announced two provisional winners and $92.65 million in winning bids in BOEM’s wind energy auction for two lease areas offshore the states of Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. Equinor Wind US LLC provisionally won Lease OCS-A 0557 at $75,001,001, which consists of 101,443 acres and is approximately 26 nautical miles (nm) from Delaware Bay. Virginia Electric and Power Co provisionally won Lease OCS-A 0558 at $17,650,500, which consists of 176,505 acres and is approximately 35 nm from the entrance of Chesapeake Bay. Six companies participated in the auction. More information can be found here.
