TotalEnergies and Duke Energy are the provisional winners of the Carolina Long Bay offshore wind lease sale in the US, with their competitive winning bids totaling USD 315 million.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) offered two lease sites (OCS-A 0545 and OCS-A 0546) in the Wilmington East Lease Area offshore North Carolina and South Carolina which, if fully developed, could accommodate at least 1.3 GW of installed offshore wind capacity. This is enough to power about 500,000 homes, according to BOEM.