BOEM received the request from Trident on 14 January, the first formal interest from any developer in obtaining a wind lease off California.
Seattle-based Trident is proposing a $3.23bn, 765MW nameplate capacity project consisting of about 100 floating foundations that could each support a turbine up to 8MW. A single seafloor transmission cable would bring the electricity to shore.
The proposal may be expanded to generate 1GW at a later date, if additional transmission capacity and market off-take can be obtained.
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