US offshore wind sites will cost major sums in the future
![A lot has happened since the US's first offshore wind farm, pilot project Block Island, was installed. On the other hand, auction prices have exploded. | Photo: PR/Block Island Wind Farm](https://photos.watchmedier.dk/watchmedier/resize:fill:3840:0:0/plain/https://photos.watchmedier.dk/Images/article9910947.ece/ALTERNATES/schema-16_9/Block%2520Island%2520Wind%2520Farm.jpeg)
In August, the US held what the Trump administration has dubbed the largest sale of offshore licenses in history. An area in the Gulf of Mexico corresponding to the size of Poland was up for auction, attracting interest from oil industry heavyweights such as Shell and Equinor. In the end, an area roughly the size of Luxembourg was subscribed for a price of USD 178 million.
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