The Details: 1st Gulf of Mexico Wind Power Lease

The first ever offshore wind lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico was offered this Wednesday. A 102,000-acre area off Lake Charles, Louisiana, and two sites near Galveston, Texas are for offer with the potential to power almost 1.3 million homes.

The federal government push for more wind power has the goal of 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030, enough to power 10 million homes. 

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