据原油新闻10月29日消息称，美国内政部昨天宣布了在大西洋、马萨诸塞和卡罗莱纳海岸以及墨西哥湾建设海上风力发电场的新举措。

这一最新行动是政府目标的一部分，该目标是到2030年部署30吉瓦 (GW) 海上风能以应对气候危机。

卡罗莱纳州

内政部提议在卡罗来纳海岸附近127865英亩的海域进行海上风力发电拍卖。该区域可分为三个租约。它有潜力释放超过 1.5 吉瓦的海上风能，可以为50多万家庭提供电力。

马萨诸塞州的Mayflower风能项目

政府将于11月开始对位于马萨诸塞州海岸玛莎葡萄园岛以南约 30 英里的 Mayflower风能项目进行环境审查。该风力发电厂将运行多达147个涡轮机和多达5个海上变电站。它将能够产生超过 2 吉瓦的电力，足以为超过 80万个家庭供电。它将在项目的整个生命周期内创造 14000 个工作岗位。

Mayflower风能项目是 Ocean Winds 和 Shell New Energies US LLC 的合资企业，也是 EDP Renewables 和 ENGIE 的合资企业。

墨西哥湾

从11月1日开始，为期45天，BOEM邀请公众在墨西哥湾一个拟议区域内评估可能的商业风能租赁。该地区由近3000万英亩组成，从密西西比河以西到德克萨斯-墨西哥边境。

曹海斌 摘译自 原油新闻

原文如下：

US to expand offshore wind in the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico

The Administration’s Department of the Interior yesterday announced new actions to build offshore wind farms in the Atlantic, off the coasts of Massachusetts and the Carolinas, and in the Gulf of Mexico.

This latest action is part of the Administration’s goal of deploying 30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind energy by 2030 in order to address the climate crisis.

Carolinas

The Department of the Interior is proposing an offshore wind auction in a 127,865-acre area off the coast of the Carolinas. The area could be divided into three leases. It has the potential to unlock more than 1.5 GW of offshore wind energy that could power more than a half-million homes.

Mayflower Wind off Massachusetts

The administration will kick off an environmental review in November for Mayflower Wind, off the coast of Massachusetts, around 30 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard. The wind farm will operate up to 147 turbines and up to five offshore power substations. It will be able to generate more than 2 gigawatts of power, which is enough to power more than 800,000 homes. It will create 14,000 jobs over the project’s lifetime.

Mayflower Wind is a joint venture between Ocean Winds and Shell New Energies US LLC, and a joint venture between EDP Renewables and ENGIE.

Gulf of Mexico

From November 1 for 45 days, BOEM is inviting the public to weigh in on possible commercial wind energy leasing in a proposed area in the Gulf of Mexico. The area consists of almost 30 million acres just west of the Mississippi River to the Texas-Mexico border.