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Offshore Wind Planning Area Outlines (Rescinded July 30, 2025)

Published by Bureau of Ocean Energy Management | Department of the Interior | Catalog Last Checked: April 04, 2026 at 10:01 PM | Dataset Last Updated: August 05, 2025 at 05:34 PM
These data are an outline version of BOEM‘s offshore wind planning areas. These areas represent the current investigations by BOEM for new areas of interest in wind energy development. Individual blocks within each wind planning area dissolved into single polygons to generate the area outlines.

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description <div style='text-align:Left;'><p style='margin:0 0 7;'><span>These data are an outline version of BOEM‘s offshore wind planning areas. These areas represent the current investigations by BOEM for new areas of interest in wind energy development. Individual blocks within each wind planning area dissolved into single polygons to generate the area outlines.</span></p></div>
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issued 2022-05-09T17:04:19Z
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modified 2025-08-05T17:34:19.848Z
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title Offshore Wind Planning Area Outlines (Rescinded July 30, 2025)

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