Biden Admin Finalizes 2 Oregon Coast Areas for Floating Offshore Wind Farms

BOEM said it finalized the two areas after consulting with local tribes, but the tribes refute those claims, saying their concerns were ignored.
Biden Admin Finalizes 2 Oregon Coast Areas for Floating Offshore Wind Farms
Giant wind turbines are powered by strong winds in front of solar panels in Palm Springs, Calif., on March 27, 2013. Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images
Katabella Roberts
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The Biden administration has finalized two areas for situating floating offshore wind farms along the Oregon coast. The move is part of broader efforts to deploy up to 15 gigawatts of electricity through various floating sites by 2035, which will power millions of homes.

The two locations, covering about 195,012 acres, are both located offshore of southern Oregon, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced in a Feb. 13 press release.

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