The
Wind
Energy
Area
(WEA)
now
comprises
164,750
acres
(666.7sq
km)
within
a
1,032sq
km
swath
of
shallow
waters
that
the
two
states
indentified
in
2010
as
being
of
“mutual
interest”
to
locate
potential
utility-scale
wind
farms.
DOI’s
Bureau
of
Ocean
Energy
Management
(BOEM),
which
oversees
all
renewable
energy
activities
except
wave
power
in
federal
waters
on
the
Outer
Continental
Shelf,
will
now
complete
an
environmental
assessment
to
determine
impacts
associated
with
the
future
issuance
of
leases
in
the
WEA.
Among
issues
of
focus
are
whether
wind
farms
would
affect
the…
