Unsolicited Application for a Section 238 Research Lease by the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals, and Energy (DMME)- Lease No. 2

This Section 238 research lease application (Lease No. 2) proposes six Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) sub-blocks to be leased for the siting of six demonstration turbines for testing advanced offshore wind technologies and hosting one metocean platform.  The metocean platform would be a prototype for two similar platforms to be sited on the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals, and Energy's (DMME) Section 238 Research Lease No. 1.