US offshore wind leasing round to take off this year

Jessica Shankleman
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Developers to bid for leases off the coast of Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and Virginia after government completes environmental assessment

Plans to build a generation of offshore wind farms off the coast of America are set to take a major step forward this year, after the government confirmed that a major new leasing round would not damage...

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