New initiatives launched to boost US energy transmission
USA, Washington, DC: The Biden administration recently announced new steps to expand clean energy and transmission deployment to decarbonise the US economy.
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USA, Washington, DC: The Biden administration recently announced new steps to expand clean energy and transmission deployment to decarbonise the US economy.
Seven federal agencies shared elaborative plans to meet global climate goals that include eliminating emissions from the power sector and boosting renewable energy production from federal lands and waters.
As part of the new initiatives, the US Department of the Interior in February will hold its largest-ever lease sale for offshore wind power. The auction is aimed at covering more than 480,000 acres in the New York Bight off the coasts of New York and New Jersey and is projected to generate up to 7 GW of wind power – enough to power 2 million homes within the area. The lease sale will include provisions to encourage offshore wind projects to be built with union labour and domestically made materials, a White House fact sheet commented. Interior is launching a new interagency effort to improve coordination and streamline reviews for clean energy projects on federal lands.
The efforts are aimed at supporting the administration’s target to deploy 30 GW of offshore wind by 2030, and also help in fulfilling a congressional mandate to permit 25 GW of renewable energy on public lands by 2025. The Department of Energy is creating a “Building a Better Grid” initiative, which is described as a ‘well-coordinated transmission deployment program’ aimed at helping the nation build long-distance, high-voltage transmission lines.
Source: Bio Market Insights
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