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AC_Hacker · 06-12-13, 01:52 PM

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DOI Announces First Offshore Renewable Energy Lease Sale

The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) and its Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) on June 4 announced that BOEM will hold the first-ever competitive lease sale for wind energy on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf. The auction, scheduled to take place on July 31, will offer 164,750 acres offshore Rhode Island and Massachusetts for commercial wind energy leasing. The area being auctioned is located 9.2 nautical miles south of the Rhode Island coastline.

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Daox · 06-12-13, 02:01 PM

You gonna bid?

AC_Hacker · 06-12-13, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Daox

You gonna bid?

I'm afraid not, I still need to build another Freezerator controller... but I do think it is very interesting that Uncle Sam is getting so 'deeply' interested in wind power. I think it bodes well for other alternative energies also.

It also tells me that I'm not so radical in my energy interests, after all.

-AC

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