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New Mid-Atlantic proposal lease sale areas could power 2.2 million homes

Published on: 12/12/2023
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Map showing the proposed sale areas off the coast of VA, DE, and MD.BOEM’s newly released proposed lease sale areas A-2 and C-1 offshore Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia in the central Atlantic Ocean could power 2.2 million homes. NCCOS's spatial modeling helped find a balance between sustainable offshore wind development and current ocean uses. Read more about our modeling work here: https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/nccos-modeling-contributes-to-proposed-offshore-wind-project-in-central-atlantic/

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