The leases will cover the North Lease Area comprising about 97,500 acres (394.5 sq km) with potential for 1.955GW of installed capacity and South Lease Area of about 67,250 acres, with 1.44GW installed capacity, according to National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) estimates. Together, these areas could support enough electricity to power more than one million homes.

The lease areas will be auctioned simultaneously.