TotalEnergies has been named a winner by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management of maritime lease area OCS-A 0545 in the United States, as part of the Carolina Long Bay auction held on 11 May 2022. This bid for the development of an offshore wind farm in the Carolina Long Bay area offshore North Carolina was won for a consideration of USD 160 million by TotalEnergies. Located 20 nautical miles (37 kilometers) from the coast, the lease covers a 120 square nautical miles area (222 square kilometers) that will generate a capacity of more than 1 GW, enough to provide power to more than 300,000 homes. The project is expected to come online by 2030. This announcement follows the award in February 2022 of a lease to develop a 3 GW wind farm off the coast of New York and New Jersey, United States.The Carolina Long Bay project is part of the US government's goal to deploy 30 GW of offshore wind in the US by 2030, in response to the climate challenge.
TotalEnergies has been named a winner by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management of maritime lease area OCS-A 0545 in the United States, as part of the Carolina Long Bay auction held on 11 May 2022. This bid for the development of an offshore wind farm in the Carolina Long Bay area offshore North Carolina was won for a consideration of USD 160 million by TotalEnergies. Located 20 nautical miles (37 kilometers) from the coast, the lease covers a 120 square nautical miles area (222 square kilometers) that will generate a capacity of more than 1 GW, enough to provide power to more than 300,000 homes. The project is expected to come online by 2030. This announcement follows the award in February 2022 of a lease to develop a 3 GW wind farm off the coast of New York and New Jersey, United States.The Carolina Long Bay project is part of the US government's goal to deploy 30 GW of offshore wind in the US by 2030, in response to the climate challenge.
