The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced three final Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) in the Atlantic Ocean offshore the US States of Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, which could support 4 to 8 GW of offshore wind power capacity if fully developed. The three WEAs total approximately 144,291 hectares. The first (A-2) is located about 48 km off Delaware Bay, the second (B-1) is 44 km offshore Ocean City, and the last (C-1) is 65 km from the mouth of Chesapeake Bay, Virginia.
In November 2022, the BOEM designated eight draft WEAs off the US central Atlantic coast for public review and comment, with the objective to develop offshore wind projects. The same month, BOEM selected two WEAs in the Gulf of Mexico, off the US States of Texas and Louisiana, with the potential to produce enough energy to power around 3 million households.
At the federal level, the United States target 30 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2030 and 15 GW of floating offshore wind capacity by 2035 (only 42 MW were operational at the end of 2021).
Interested in Global Energy Research?
Enerdata's premium online information service provides up-to-date market reports on 110+ countries. The reports include valuable market data and analysis as well as a daily newsfeed, curated by our energy analysts, on the oil, gas, coal and power markets.
This user-friendly tool gives you the essentials about the domestic markets of your concern, including market structure, organisation, actors, projects and business perspectives.