BOEM begins planning second Atlantic offshore wind lease

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Renewable Energy Program Specialist Josh Gange explains how power is transmitted from offshore wind turbines to the shore at an open house Sept. 17 in Morehead City's Crystal Coast Civic Center. Photo: Jennifer Allen
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Renewable Energy Program Specialist Josh Gange explains how power is transmitted from offshore wind turbines to the shore at an open house Sept. 17 in Morehead City’s Crystal Coast Civic Center. Photo: Jennifer Allen

The federal agency that identifies offshore wind energy areas is in the early stages of siting another possible commercial lease sale for the East Coast.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management held an open house last week at the Crystal Coast Civic Center in Morehead City, the first in the multiyear, multistep planning process for Central Atlantic 2. BOEM manages development of the U.S. outer continental shelf energy, mineral and geological resources…

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