The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management today announced that it is seeking nominations, interest in, or comments on commercial wind energy leasing in ~29.9 million acres of the Gulf of Mexico by Thursday, Dec. 16. BOEM stated that competitive interest exists based on comments received in response to last summer’s Request for Information.
The Call Area encompasses the area seaward of the Gulf of Mexico Submerged Lands Act boundary, bounded on the east by the north-south line located at 89.858° W longitude, and bounded on the south by the 400-meter bathymetry contour and the United States–Mexico maritime boundary.
BOEM notes that it may issue an additional call for areas in water depths between 400 meters and 1,300 meters “when a better understanding exists of the competitive interest for floating wind energy development in the GOM.”
