Louisiana begins negotiating for three potential wind farm projects
In Louisiana, Governing reported that Norwegian and Japanese wind farm developers have already offered bids for at least three projects in the nearshore waters managed by Louisiana.
“We’ve had significant interest,” Governor John Bel Edwards said of the projects. Speaking at the recent American Clean Power Conference in New Orleans, Edwards said he couldn’t identify the companies because of ongoing negotiations with the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR), but indicated companies have expressed interest on two areas in Louisiana waters, which extend about three miles from the coast
“I believe they can be set up in state waters several years before they would be successful in federal waters,” said Edwards.
DNR records indicate the state is negotiating offshore wind lease agreements with Mitsubishi-owned Diamond Offshore Wind and Kontiki Winds, a Norwegian company operating in Louisiana under the name Pelican Winds.
