Gulf of Mexico
RWE, which holds offshore wind leases off the Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf coasts, said it is pausing capital expenditures on development there for two years due to increased risk and uncertainty.
The NREL report recommends that DOE and BOEM convene a Gulf Coast version of the Atlantic Offshore Wind Transmission Study workshop series they began hosting in 2022.
The second Gulf of Mexico wind lease auction has been canceled for lack of interest, but an unsolicited request has been submitted for wind lease elsewhere in the Gulf.
Two new reports examine storms and other obstacles facing offshore wind development in the Gulf of Mexico.
The federal government is teeing up a second wind energy auction in the Gulf of Mexico.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said the sites 47 to 82 miles off Texas and Louisiana have a potential of up to 9.27 GW.
The first offshore wind lease auction in the Gulf of Mexico drew minimal interest and extremely low bids.
The Biden administration will auction the first offshore wind leases in the Gulf of Mexico — about 300,000 acres that can produce 3.7 GW — on Aug. 29.
The Department of the Interior proposed the first auction for leases to build offshore wind farms in the Gulf of Mexico.
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