U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Bureau of Ocean
Energy Management (BOEM) Director Abigail Ross Hopper announced Sept. 23
that 343,833 acres offshore New Jersey will be offered for commercial wind energy development in a competitive lease sale on Nov. 9, 2015. If fully developed, the New Jersey Wind Energy Area could support at
least 3,400 MW of commercial wind generation, enough to power an
estimated 1.2 million homes, according to the Department of Energy
(DOE)’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
Under the terms of the Final Sale Notice, which will be published in the Federal Register
on Sept. 25, the New Jersey Wind Energy Area will be auctioned as two
leases. Lease OCS-A 0498 (the South Lease Area) consists of 160,480
acres; and Lease OCS-A 0499 (the North Lease Area) consists of 183,353
acres.
BOEM has awarded nine commercial offshore wind leases, including
seven through the competitive lease sale process (two in an area
offshore Rhode Island-Massachusetts, another two offshore Massachusetts,
two offshore Maryland and one offshore Virginia). These lease sales
have generated about $14.5m in winning bids for more than 700,000 acres
in federal waters.
BOEM will consider monetary and non-monetary factors (in other words
whether a bidder has obtained a Power Purchase Agreement or New Jersey
Offshore Renewable Energy Certificate award) in determining the winners.
The notice further describes these requirements, as well as other
relevant sale items, such as deadlines and milestones for bidders, the
area available for leasing, lease provisions and conditions, auction
details, criteria for evaluating bids, award procedures and lease
execution.
To date, BOEM has determined that the following energy development
companies are legally, technically and financially qualified to
participate in the upcoming New Jersey lease sale: Convalt Energy; GSOE
I; EDF Renewable Energy Development; Energy Management; Fishermen’s
Energy; Green Sail Energy; IBERDROLA Renewables; New Jersey Offshore
Wind LLC; OffshoreMW; RES America Development; Sea Breeze Energy; US
Mainstream Renewable Power (Offshore); U.S. Wind Inc. In order to participate in the auction, a bid deposit of $450,000 must be submitted to BOEM no later than Oct. 20.
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2015/09/interior-plans-november-auction-for-offshore-new-jersey-wind-energy-rights.html
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