wiredinUSA July 2018

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California coast plans

German Baden- WuerttembergAG (EnBW) has announced a joint venture with Trident Winds Inc to develop an up to 1GW floating wind project off the central coast of California. The newly established subsidiary, EnBW North America, has joined forces with Seattle-based Trident Winds to work on the Morro Bay project, which is expected to have a capacity of between 650MW and 1,000MW. The venture will seek to secure the site lease from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management along with a grid-connection agreement. This is EnBW’s first foray into US offshore wind. The country has its first offshore wind park, the 30MW Block Island plant off Rhode Island, generating power, but utility Energie

activities are focused mainly on the East Coast. EnBW plans to concentrate on the West Coast. Dirk Guesewell, head of generation portfolio development at EnBW, commented that offshore wind development on the West Coast is still at an early stage and the company wants to be actively involved from the start. local knowledge, close interaction with stakeholders, detailed knowledge of permitting requirements, and extensive experience in offshore wind project design, construction and operation. The newly created joint venture brings all these elements together,” said Alla Weinstein, founder and CEO of Trident Winds. “Successful projects require

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