What a lackluster lease sale signals for Gulf wind energy development

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In late August, it became starkly apparent that the economics for offshore wind in the Gulf of Mexico aren’t quite where they need to be. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s first lease auction ended with just one of three available tracts sold.  German company RWE Renewables purchased the tract off Lake Charles for $5.6

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