The long-heralded vision of fleets of floating wind turbines turning off the US brightened measurably following the Biden administration’s setting of a “national goal” earlier this year of 30GW of machines in operation by 2030, clearing the way for a first commercial-scale auction in the Pacific deeps – and also getting calculators tapping on what role projects in Atlantic and Gulf waters beyond the reach of fixed foundations could play in reaching this ambitious clean energy target.