Offshore staff
NEW ORLEANS — At this week's International Partnering Forum (IPF) conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, US Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced a new five-year offshore wind leasing schedule, which includes up to 12 potential offshore wind energy lease sales through 2028.
Future offshore wind energy lease sales from the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) are anticipated in the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific and the waters offshore of the US territories in the next five years.
The leasing schedule includes four potential offshore lease sales in 2024, one each in 2025 and 2026, two in 2027, and four in 2028.
“As we look toward the future, this new leasing schedule will support the types of renewable energy projects needed to lower consumer costs, combat climate change, create jobs to support families and ensure economic opportunities are accessible to all communities,” Haaland said. “Our offshore wind leasing schedule will provide predictability to help developers and communities plan ahead and will provide the confidence needed to continue building on the tremendous offshore wind supply chain and manufacturing investments that we’ve already seen.”
In 2021 Haaland announced an offshore wind leasing schedule through 2025. The new offshore wind energy leasing plan includes the following sales over the next five years:
| Year |
US Outer Continental Shelf Region |
| 2024 |
Central Atlantic, Gulf of Maine, Gulf of Mexico, and Oregon |
| 2025 |
Gulf of Mexico |
| 2026 |
Central Atlantic |
| 2027 |
Gulf of Mexico and New York Bight |
| 2028 |
California, a U.S. Territory, Gulf of Maine, and Hawaii |
04.25.2024
