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The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced it will conduct an offshore wind energy lease sale for eight areas on the Outer Continental Shelf that would require floating turbines.
The Department of Interior has set a new five-year schedule for as many as a dozen new offshore wind energy lease auctions and finalized an update of its regulations for renewable energy development in U.S. waters.
The federal government has finalized rules that will decrease the cost of siting renewable energy generation on public land and increase the cost of leasing it for oil and gas development.
The Department of the Interior is proposing to designate 22 million acres of public land in the West as suitable for solar development.
A big roadblock to developing a domestic supply chain for minerals critical to clean energy technology is the General Mining Act of 1872, says Tommy Beaudreau.
Developers looking to build projects on public land may soon see the rent and fees they have to pay drop by more than half, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said.
CLEANPOWER 2022 drew more than 7,000 attendees to San Antonio last week to discuss the clean power industry's challenges in the years to come.
Biden administration officials met with Western governors to discuss the region's pressing topics, including energy technology, drought and wildfires.
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