The Biden administration has designated four tracts of federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico off the Texas and Louisiana coasts for development of wind energy.
‘I’m very upset’: Jacksonville homeowner gets $11K lien after she says roofing company didn’t pay for labor, suppliesFILE - Three wind turbines stand in the water off Block Island, R.I, the nation's first offshore wind farm, Aug. 15, 2016. Four tracts of federal Gulf of Mexico waters of the coasts of Texas and Louisiana, ranging in size from nearly 57,000 acres to over 495,000 acres , were designated Thursday, Oct. 27, 2023, for development of wind energy by the Biden administration.
“BOEM will continue to work with the Tribes, other government partners, coastal states, ocean users, and local communities as we advance our work in a manner that seeks to responsibly develop offshore areas while minimizing potential conflicts with other ocean uses and marine life in the Gulf of Mexico," the agency's director, Elizabeth Klein, said in a news release.
— 119,635 acres about 61 miles off the coast of Texas, that could support wind power for 508,200 homes.
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