Wind Energy – U.S.A.
US Federal officials Wednesday auctioned two lease areas off the North Carolina and South Carolina coast, the second major offshore wind lease sale this year.

The provisional winner for renewable energy lease No. OCS-A 0545, the westernmost, 54,937-acre section of the Carolina Long Bay area was TotalEnergies Renewables USA, which bid $160 million.
Duke Energy Renewables Wind, was the provisional winner for lease No. OCS-A 0546, a 55,154-acre area, with a $155 million bid.