‘There’s Room for Everybody’: California Ports Prepare for OSW Development
CEC Approves About $9M for Offshore HVDC Designs
California will require floating offshore wind turbines, rather than fixed-bottom turbines, because the coastline has deep water near the shore. | NREL
Nov 17, 2025
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At a two-day workshop held by the CEC, offshore wind experts and fishermen identified many challenges associated with building offshore wind turbines in Humboldt Bay and other parts of the coastline while not displacing the fishing industry.


