First offshore wind auction in the Pacific generates over $750m in bids
Power from the five offshore areas could produce enough energy to supply more than 1.5m homes, Bureau of Ocean Energy says
European firms dominate the sale, the third significant offshore wind lease sale this year and the first-ever in the Pacific region. The five leases cover a total of 373,268 acres off central and northern California, and have the potential to produce more than 4.6 gigawatts of offshore wind energy