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wind.turbine.drive.trains,.a.core.technology.required.for.cost-effective.
offshore.wind.power.
Today. Salazar. also. identiied. four. Wind. Energy. Areas. offshore.
the. mid-Atlantic. as. part. of. Interior's. 'Smart. from. the. Start'. approach.
announced. in. November. 2010. that. uses. appropriate. designated. areas,.
coordinated.environmental.studies,.large-scale.planning.and.expedited.
approval.processes.to.speed.offshore.wind.energy.development.
The.areas,.on.the.Outer.Continental.Shelf.offshore.Delaware.(122.square.
nautical. miles),. Maryland. (207),. New. Jersey. (417),. and. Virginia. (165),. will.
receive. early. environmental. reviews. that. will. help. to. lessen. the. time.
required.for.review,.leasing,.and.approval.of.offshore.wind.turbine.facilities.
In. March,. Interior. also.expects. to.identify. Wind. Energy.Areas.off.of.
North. Atlantic. states,. including. Massachusetts. and. Rhode. Island,. and.
launch. additional. NEPA. (National. Environmental. Policy. Act). envi-
ronmental.reviews.for.those.areas..A.similar.process.will.occur.for.the.
South.Atlantic.region,.namely.North.Carolina,.this.spring.
Based. on. stakeholder. and. public. participation,. Interior's. Bureau. of.
Ocean.Energy.Management,.Regulation.and.Enforcement.(BOEMRE).will.
prepare. regional. environmental. assessments. for. Wind. Energy. Areas. to.
evaluate.the.effects.of.leasing.and.site.assessment.activities.on.leased.areas.
If. no. signiicant. impacts. are. identiied,. BOEMRE. could. offer. leases.
in. these. Mid-Atlantic. areas. as. early. as. the. end. of. 2011. or. early. 2012..
Comprehensive.site-speciic.NEPA.review.will.still.need.to.be.conducted.
for.the.construction.of.any.individual.wind.power.facility,.and.BOEMRE.
will. work. directly. with. project. managers. to. ensure. that. those. reviews.
take.place.on.aggressive.schedules.
Under.the.National.Offshore.Wind.Strategy,.the.Department.of.Energy.
is.pursuing.a.scenario.that.includes.deploying.10.gigawatts.of.offshore.
wind.generating.capacity.by.2020.and.54.gigawatts.by.2030..Those.sce-
narios. include. development. in. both. federal. and. state. offshore. areas,.
including.along.the.Atlantic,.Paciic,.and.Gulf.coasts.as.well.as.in.Great.
Lakes.and.Hawaiian.waters..Those.levels.of.development.would.produce.
enough.energy.to.power.2.8.million.and.15.2.million.average.American.
homes,.respectively.
. . . . Today's. announcement. is. the. latest. in. a. series. of. Administration.
actions.to.speed.renewable.energy.development.offshore.by.improving.
coordination. with. state,. local,. and. federal. partners,. developing. wind.
research.and.test.facilities.for.new.technologies.to.reduce.market.barri-
ers,.identifying.priority.areas.for.potential.development,.and.conducting.
early.environmental.reviews.

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