New York and New Jersey team up to seek new major offshore wind farms in the region | amNewYork

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : With an eye on boosting the local economy through wind farms, the Empire and Garden States are teaming up to sell off close to a half-million offshore acres for wind energy development, officials announced Wednesday.
58% : Next month, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold an auction for more than 480,000 acres offshore New York and New Jersey, bringing major developments in wind energy and job creation to the region.
58% : On Feb. 23, the auction will allow offshore wind developers to bid on six lease areas -- sales could result in 5.6 to 7 gigawatts of offshore wind energy, which is enough to power nearly 2 million homes.

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