In today's KCBX News Update: SLO County finalizes the November election, and five companies win offshore wind leases for projects off the California coast.
On December 6-7, 2022, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) held its third offshore wind lease sale this year and the first of its kind for floating wind bringing in $757.1.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is holding a lease sale for offshore wind projects off the coast of California today. Three of the five areas of ocean are off the coast of Morro Bay, in an area that’s culturally significant to local indigenous tribes.
Several dozen companies are competing today for leases to build massive floating wind farms in deep ocean waters off Morro Bay and Humboldt County. The auction is the first major step toward producing offshore wind energy off the West Coast.