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                                                                                                               Offshore wind energy

                                                                                                                   auction in NJ, NY


                                                                                                                draws $4.37B in bids




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                                                                                                             (AP) — Six companies bid a combined $4.37
                                                                                                             billion  for  the  right  to  build  wind  energy
                                                                                                             projects  on  the  ocean  floor  off  New  Jersey
                                                                                                             and New York in the U.S. government's larg-
                                                                                                             est such auction in history, a federal agency
                                                                                                             said Friday.

                                                                                                             The auction by the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy
                                                                                                             Management involved six tracts off New York and
                                                                                                             New  Jersey  in  an  area  known  as  the  New  York
                                                                                                             Bight.
                                                                                                             When  fully  developed,  these  sites  could  provide
                                                                      Odifrido F. Dubero                     enough  energy  to  power  2  million  homes,  the
                                                               Mihor conoci como “Frido, Shon Papa, Papi y   agency said.
                          Edwin Croes                                         Mo Chido”
                       *20-01-1954 - †24-02-2022                       *08-11-1938 - †20-02-2022             "This week's offshore wind sale makes one thing
                                                                                                             clear: The enthusiasm for the clean energy econ-
                Acto di entiero lo wordo anuncia despues.                                                    omy is undeniable and it's here to stay," U.S. Inte-
                                                              Acto di entiero lo wordo anuncia despues       rior Secretary Deb Haaland said. "The investments
                                                                                                             we are seeing today will play an important role in
                                                                                                             delivering  on  the  Biden-Harris  administration's
                                                                                                             commitment to tackle the climate crisis and create
                                                                                                             thousands of good-paying, union jobs across the
                                                                                                             nation."

                                                                                                             The  provisional  winners  announced  Friday  af-
                                                                                                             ternoon  by  the  agency  are:  Bight  Wind  Hold-
                                                                                                             ings,  LLC,  which  bid  $1.1  billion  on  the  largest
                                                                                                             tract, 125,964 acres off the coast of New Jersey's
                                                                                                             Long Beach Island; Attentive Energy LLC which
                                                                                                             bid $795 million on an 84,332-acre tract; Atlantic
             It is with great sadness that we announce the    Mi a gosa bida,                                Shores Offshore Wind Bight, LLC which bid $780
             passing away of:                                 danki Dios cu mi a biba te cu mi 88 anja.      million on 79,351 acres; OW Ocean Winds East,
                                                              Awo a jega e momento pa bai sosega.            LLC which bid $765 million on 71,522 acres; Inve-
                                                                                                             nergy Wind Offshore LLC which bid $645 million
                                                                                                             on 83,976 acres, and Mid-Atlantic Offshore Wind
                                                                                                             LLC, which bid $285 million on 43,056 acres.

                                                                                                             More than $1.5 billion worth of bids were received
                                                                                                             Wednesday,  the  first  day  of  the  auction.  Bidding
                                                                                                             reached  $3.2  billion  at  the  end  of  Thursday,  the
                                                                                                             second day.
                                                                                                             The tracts — factoring in this auction for nearly
                                                                                                             500,000  acres  (about  202,342  hectares)  and  past
                                                                                                             auctions — will span nearly 1 million acres.

                                                                                                             President Joe Biden has set a goal to install 30 giga-
                                                                                                             watts of offshore wind power by 2030, generating
                                                                                                             enough electricity to power more than 10 million
                                                                                                             homes.
                                                                                                             The  administration  has  approved  the  nation's
                                                                                                             first  two  commercial-scale  offshore  wind  proj-
                                                                                                             ects in federal waters: the 800-megawatt Vineyard
                                                                                                             Wind project off the Massachusetts coast and the
                                                                                                             130-megawatt  South  Fork  wind  farm  near  New
                        Kwong Wai Hon                               Sr. Leocadio V. de Kort                  York's Long Island.
                       Better known as: “Frankie”                      Mihor conoci como “Vale”              Not  everyone  is  delighted  with  the  scope  and
                   * March 8, 1955 † February 24, 2022                 *09-12-1933 - †24-02-2022             speed of offshore wind development. Homeown-
                                                                                                             ers groups in several spots in New Jersey are op-
               Date of condolences will be announced later.     Acto di despedida lo wordo anuncia despues   posing  the  projects  on  environmental,  economic
                                                                                                             and aesthetic grounds.
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