The US Bureau of Ocean Energy (BOEM) has moved to advance plans for environmental assessments on two highly sought-after commercial offshore wind leasing areas off California, raising hopes that the federal log-jam which has so far thwarted lift-off of a floating wind play in the country’s Pacific waters might be soon broken.

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