Landmark 4.5GW leasing in US Pacific completes Biden administration's pledge to hold three major offshore sales this year, after New York Bight and Carolina tenders in Atlantic

The US has cemented plans for a first offshore wind auction in its Pacific waters, with the Biden administration announcing an auction ranging over two two large areas off the coast of California with a total 4.5GW of potential capacity for development with floating turbines.

The proposed lease sale, first mooted in March this year, builds on the wider momentum being generated by the sector in the Atlantic, most recently with a tender for the Carolina

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