The first-ever U.S. auction of leases to develop commercial-scale floating wind farms in the deep waters off the West Coast attracted $757 million in winning bids Wednesday from mostly European ...

Hywind Scotland, the world's first commercial wind farm using floating wind turbines, is visible off the coast of Scotland in August 2017. Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022, marks the first-ever U.S. auction ...

(CN) — The California Coastal Commission voted unanimously to pave the way for the West Coast’s first offshore wind farm that if ultimately approved and built would occupy roughly 206 square miles of ...

A company is proposing to build what could be the West Coast’s biggest floating offshore wind farm, suggesting the expansion of a technology that has yet to find footing in the U.S.

First West Coast Wind Farms Face Possible Blowback. By Katy Stech Ferek ... making them hard to see from the coast and resolving the common complaint that turbines are an eyesore.

The Department of Interior on Tuesday announced it will hold a lease sale for wind energy off the coast of Central and Northern California, bringing the Biden administration’s dream of a massive ...

Hywind Scotland, the world's first commercial wind farm using floating wind turbines, is visible off the coast of Scotland in August 2017. Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022, marks the first-ever U.S. auction ...

West Coast Wind Projects. For West Coast wind projects on the outer continental shelf, ... South Fork Wind Farm and South Fork Export Cable Project Construction and Operations Plan (Nov. 24, 2021 ...

Fortunately, the outlook for West Coast offshore wind is brightening. The California Energy Commission (CEC) recently doubled its offshore wind target, calling for 25 gigawatts by 2045.

Lots of whales spotted around offshore wind farm zones along West Coast. Tom Banse. December 19, 2022 / 5:37 pm ...

Turbines operate at the Block Island Wind Farm, in this Dec. 7, ... On the West Coast, the Pacific Offshore Wind Consortium was announced May 14 in Sacramento, California.