Date: 8/19/2014

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) held the nation's third competitive lease sale for renewable energy in federal waters, which offered nearly 80,000 acres off the coast of Maryland for potential wind energy development. BOEM auctioned the Maryland Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) as two leases, the North Lease Area (32,737 acres) and the South Lease Area (46,970 acres). The provisional winner of the lease sale is US Wind Inc. When fully built, this WEA could generate enough energy to power about 300,000 homes.

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