California Offshore Wind Farms Likely A Decade-Plus Away

The first offshore wind farm off the California coast is likely at least seven years away because the industry is still grappling with the technical challenges of building floating wind farms in deep water, industry analysts said April 10.

Offshore wind developers are trying to figure out how to economically install floating wind turbines miles off the California coastline and upgrade ports so they can accommodate the needed fabrication and assembly infrastructure, Denis Matha, a floating offshore wind consultant for Ramboll Group AS, said, speaking at the Business Network for Offshore Wind International Partnering Forum in ...