On November 17, the United States identified eight offshore wind energy areas (WEAs) off the Central Atlantic states of North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware. The proposed WEAs will cover approximately 1.7 million acres, ranging from 19 nautical miles to 77 nautical miles off the Atlantic Coast. This follows from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) finalizing two WEAs in the Gulf of Mexico in October and the lease sales of five WEAs off the coast of California in early December covering approximately 370,000 acres. Continue reading >