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Six companies bid record $4.3 billion for N.J. and N.Y. offshore wind energy leases

Under the first bid of its kind for the administration, the federal government is leasing 480,000 acres in the New York Bight, which, despite the name, falls mostly off the coast of New Jersey.

This land-based windmill in Atlantic City helps power a sewage treatment plant. Under the first bid of its kind for the Biden administration, the federal government is leasing 480,000 acres offshore between Long Island, N.Y., and Cape May, N.J.
This land-based windmill in Atlantic City helps power a sewage treatment plant. Under the first bid of its kind for the Biden administration, the federal government is leasing 480,000 acres offshore between Long Island, N.Y., and Cape May, N.J.Read moreWayne Parry / AP