Interior Department to Auction 122,000 Acres Offshore North Carolina for Wind Energy Development

Jan. 17, 2017

Officials at the U.S. Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced that 122,405 acres offshore Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, will be offered in a commercial wind lease sale on March 16, 2017. The Kitty Hawk lease sale is the latest renewable energy effort from the U.S. Department of the Interior, which recently marked the operational launch of the nation's first offshore wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island and the lease sale for more than 79,000 acres offshore New York. To date, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has held six competitive lease sales, which have generated more than $58 million in high bids for more than 1 million acres in federal waters. The Kitty Hawk lease area begins about 24 nautical miles from shore; a map of the lease area is available.