The US state of Oregon has unveiled plans to host an up-to-3GW offshore wind lease sale as early as 2024, a key stride forward for the regional play after several false starts over the past decade.
The plan published by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), part of the federal Department of Interior, scopes out some 17GW of potential sites in the Pacific off the north-west US state, which it will whittle down through stakeholder consultation to a first group of leases to be auctioned off.
