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Interior Dept Grants Offshore Wind Lease to Maine ========== The Department of the Interior announced the execution of the first floating offshore wind energy research lease in the U.S., covering less than 15,000 acres 28 nautical miles offshore Maine; the lease could allow for up to 12 floating wind turbines generating 144 megawatts of renewable energy; Secretary Deb Haaland emphasized the administration's goal of deploying 30 gigawatts of offshore energy by 2030; since the Biden-Harris administration began, nine commercial offshore wind projects have been approved with a combined capacity of over 13 gigawatts; the research lease will facilitate environmental and engineering studies to inform future commercial developments; construction is not expected for several years pending a Research Activities Plan submission to BOEM. #RenewableEnergy #OffshoreWind #Maine #BidenAdministration #ClimateChange #CleanEnergy #Boem #FloatingTurbines #EnvironmentalStudies #JobCreation https://www.miragenews.com/interior-dept-grants-offshore-wind-lease-to-1298713/