Department of the Interior

Offshore Wind Lease Outlines

Geographic outlines for active offshore wind leasing areas in U.S. Outer Continental Shelf waters, covering commercial, research, and right-of-way leases. Each record identifies the state where the lease is located and the associated business name.

Example records
Namelegal entityAlternate Namelegal entityStateaddressObjectididentifierLease NumberregistrationLease Document1 LinkwebsiteLease Document2 LinkwebsiteLease TypeclassificationResourceproductDate Of Lease IssuetemporalLength Of LeasetemporalProject Easementstatus
Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind (ASOW) Project 2, LLOCS-A 0570 - Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind (ASOW) New Jersey2107OCS-A 0570https://www.boem.gov/sites/default/files/documentshttps://www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/state-activiCommercialWind09/30/202430 YearsTBD
Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind (ASOW) Project 1, LLOCS-A 0499 - Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind (ASOW) New Jersey2106OCS-A 0499https://www.boem.gov/sites/default/files/documentshttps://www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/state-activiCommercialWind03/01/201630 YearsTBD
Sunrise Wind, LLCOCS-A 0487 - Sunrise Wind LLCNew York2108OCS-A 0487https://www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/state-activihttps://www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/state-activiEasementWind10/01/201306/21/2024
Use cases

Project Finance Counterparty Screening

A bank structuring a construction loan for an offshore wind developer pulls the BOEM lease record to confirm the borrowing entity is the named leaseholder, verify the lease issue date and 30-year term against the proposed loan tenor, and flag any discrepancy between the legal entity on the lease and the signing entity on the credit agreement.

NameLease NumberDate Of Lease IssueLength Of LeaseLease Type

Offshore Wind Supply Chain Prospecting

A sales team at a subsea cable manufacturer maps every active commercial lease by acreage and planned project name to prioritize outreach, estimating which leaseholders are closest to final investment decision based on lease age and project naming progression across first, second, and third planned projects.

NameLease TypeDate Of Lease IssueAcresName Of First Planned Project

Insurance Underwriting for Offshore Construction Risk

A marine insurance underwriter assessing a builder's risk policy for an offshore wind installation vessel uses the lease boundary geometry and acreage to model transit exposure, cross-references the leaseholder entity against corporate ownership records to identify parent-level aggregation risk, and checks the project easement status to determine whether cable corridor rights are resolved.

NameAcresProject EasementShape AreaShape Length
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