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Feds Issue First Offshore Wind Energy Leases

Posted on June 26, 2009

For the first time, the federal government has issued offshore wind leases to explore the potential of the energy source.The New York Times reports the five leases will be for areas 6 to 18 miles off the New Jersey and Delaware coasts:Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, who has made offshore wind energy a priority, acknowledged that the United States was playing catch-up to European countries, like Denmark or the Netherlands, which have long focused on alternative energy.A variety of local and political hurdles have so far prevented wind farms from being built off American coasts. Other nations ...

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alternative energy , wind