Source: Charles Duncan, SPECTRUM LOCALNEWS, 11/1/21


Editor's Note: This is part one in a three-part series on offshore wind in North Carolina.

Over the next decade, the offshore wind industry could transform the way North Carolina gets its power. It could also mean big investments and major changes for the economy. One offshore wind farm area, off the Outer Banks, is already leased, and there are plans to install 2.5 gigawatts worth of wind turbines starting 27 miles off the coast. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management just opened to window for companies interested in leasing another area off Wilmington. That area could potentially generate up to 1.5 gigawatts of power.

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