More Lease Auctions Planned DOI and BOEM are still not finished
with offshore lease auctions.
Not exact matches
«The administration's decision to move forward
with the largest
offshore lease sale in our nation's history is a key part of that effort.
Cuomo announced a ban against
offshore drilling and exploration
with the «Save Our Waters» bill, which prohibits the
leasing of lands, including underwater lands, for
offshore drilling and exploration in New York state waters.
E.ON and Scottish Power have both recently won
offshore leases from the U.K. government to use Pelamis technology, and the company itself has secured its own
lease — obviously
with the goal of using its own machines.
New York is next in line for a
lease sale this month,
with a large
offshore wind farm proposed 11 miles off the coast of Long Island.
Two U.S. companies won those wind development
leases, one of which is working
with a Danish
offshore wind power developer to possibly develop a 1,000 megawatt wind farm near Martha's Vineyard after 2020, enough to power most of the city of Boston.
The discovery comes
with the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) nearing completion of its new five - year
offshore leasing program, which will blueprint federal
lease sales from 2017 - 2022.
With the Obama administration's decision not to include the Atlantic in the next federal offshore leasing program, let's connect some dots that put this unfortunate decision in a fuller context — one where the administration is choosing retreat instead of progress with its energy strat
With the Obama administration's decision not to include the Atlantic in the next federal
offshore leasing program, let's connect some dots that put this unfortunate decision in a fuller context — one where the administration is choosing retreat instead of progress
with its energy strat
with its energy strategy.
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With the completion of a successful
lease sale, North Carolina will move closer to obtaining substantial contributions to the region's energy supply from
offshore wind.
No
offshore oil and natural gas
leases have been sold in the Pacific Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) since 1984,
with the last of those limited to off southern and central California.
With President - elect Donald Trump pledging to expand
offshore drilling, a coalition of environmental groups called on President Obama to permanently protect federal waters from expanded oil
leasing.
According to Lorne Stockman of Oil Change International, a think - tank focused on the post-carbon economy, it isn't clear how popular the new
offshore leases will be
with fossil fuel companies, particularly outside those areas of the Gulf already crowded
with rigs and infrastructure.
In 1999, however, Mr. Babbitt found himself at odds
with environmentalists in Santa Barbara County for extending the life of 36
offshore oil
leases, just as they were about to expire.
Making future U.S.
offshore oil
leasing more consistent
with climate goals.
That's why it's critically important for robust planning now, starting
with the government's 2017 - 2022
offshore oil and natural gas
leasing program that's currently being put together by federal officials.
The right energy policy path is for BOEM to produce a robust
offshore leasing program that fits
with the United States» rise to world leadership in oil and natural gas production.
«We'll prudently maintain our
offshore wind assets — which includes working
with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) on a
lease for the Delaware project — and continue to seek a buyer or major investor for that project.»
SACE would like to congratulate Avangrid for winning the Kitty Hawk
lease sale and is looking forward to working together, along
with many other stakeholders, to begin to harness the immense
offshore wind resources of the Southeast.