At the BOEM Intergovernmental Task Force virtual meeting held on June 4th, the State of Oregon and BOEM announced plans to gather data and conduct stakeholder engagement as part of BOEM’s planning and analysis to inform potential offshore wind planning and leasing decision offshore Oregon.
RCG estimates that there is the technical potential for approximately 63 GW of floating offshore wind development off the coast of Oregon (assuming development in water depths between 60 m – 1000 m with greater than 7.5 m/s wind speed). The tremendous wind resource along with cost reductions of floating offshore wind could make the pacific coast between Humboldt County, California, and Coos Bay, Oregon a hot spot for offshore wind development in coming years.
The BOEM Offshore Renewable Energy Task Force is an intergovernmental effort that brings together expertise from federal, state, and local officials to determine the feasibility of potential lease areas.