The areas have the potential to generate about 3.7 Gigawatts and power, supplying nearly 1.3 million homes with clean energy, the Interior Department said.
The Biden administration has held three offshore wind lease auctions, including the largest-ever such U.S. sale last year for areas off the New York and New Jersey coasts, that attracted a record $1.5-billion in bids, and the first ever off the Pacific coast in California. The White House said Biden is travelling to Philadelphia on Thursday to pitch the promise of a green economy to union workers, who remain skeptical that the solar, wind and electric vehicle industries can deliver the same economic punch for organized labour as oil refineries and fossil fuel-fired power plants.
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