President Biden plan to built new wind farms in U.S. coastline area

 

The Biden administration plan to announced 7 major projects of offshore wind farms would be developed in on the East and west coasts in the Gulf of Mexico. This projects plan to reach 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy by 2030, producing enough electricity to power more than ten million homes.

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said her department hopes to hold lease sales by 2025 off the coasts of Maine, New York and the mid-Atlantic, as well as the Carolinas, California, Oregon and the Gulf of Mexico. The projects are part of Biden’s plan to confront climate change and could avoid about 78 million metric tons of planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions, while creating up to 77,000 jobs, officials said.

Secretery Deb Haaland and Amanda Lefton, director of department's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, said officials hope to reduce potential conflicts with fishing groups and other ocean users as much as possible. “This means we will engage early and often with all stakeholders prior to identifying any new wind energy areas,” Lefton said. 

President  Biden has set a goal to deploy 30 gigawatts, or 30,000 megawatts, of offshore wind power in the United States by 2030. Fulfilling the target could mean jobs for more than 44,000 workers and for 33,000 others in related employment, the White House said in a statement. 

The Biden administration has committed to processing the 13 other projects currently under federal review by 2025.

The energy department will spend $2 million on visual surveys and acoustic monitoring of marine mammals and seabirds at potential wind sites on the West Coast.