Statoil wins New York offshore wind lease

        December 27, 2016 CleanTechnica | United States | renewables: wind

Norwegian company Statoil will install 400-600 MW of offshore wind power on 79,350 acres up to 30 miles off the coast of New York (at depths of 20-40 m) after its winning bid of $42.5 million to the Department of the Interior (DOI) Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). Statoil is also part of the 7.2-GW Dogger Bank Zone project in the North Sea.