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Layer: Gulf of Maine Final Sale Notice Lease Areas - September 2024 (ID: 160)

Parent Layer: Planning Areas

Name: Gulf of Maine Final Sale Notice Lease Areas - September 2024

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Description: On September 16, 2024, the Interior Department <a href="https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/biden-harris-administration-announces-first-offshore-wind-lease-sale-gulf-maine" target="_blank">announced</a> the Final Sale Notice (FSN) for offshore wind leasing on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) in the U.S. Gulf of Maine. The FSN set the auction for October 29, 2024. The FSN includes eight lease areas off Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine. If fully developed, these areas have a potential capacity of approximately 13 gigawatts of clean offshore wind energy, which could power more than 4.5 million homes. <br/> <br/> The FSN was <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/17/2024-21081/atlantic-wind-lease-sale-11-for-commercial-leasing-for-wind-power-development-on-the-us-gulf-of" target="_blank">published in the Federal Register</a> on September 17, 2024, and contains information about the areas available for leasing, certain lease provisions and conditions, auction details, criteria for evaluating competing bids and procedures for lease award, appeals and lease execution. <br/> <br/> The FSN reflects a multi-year planning process that has included robust engagement with Tribes, local communities, federal and state agencies, ocean users, and stakeholders to balance the complex social, ecological, and economic factors in the Gulf of Maine. See <a href="https://www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/state-activities/maine/gulf-maine" target="_blank">BOEM’s Gulf of Maine page</a> for more background and history.

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Copyright Text: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)

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