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The expanding drive to establish wind energy areas off the Pacific and Gulf of Mexico coasts is attracting tentative new efforts to head off conflicts with the commercial fishing industry and compensate for wind development impacts. The Bureau of Offshore Energy Management published a final-sale notice Oct. 18 offering five California OCS lease areas that total approximatel y 373,268 acres. This will be the first-ever offshore wind lease sale on the U.S. West Coast and the first-ever U.S. sale to support potential commercial-scale floating offshore wind energy development, BOEM said The notice drew a measured response from the Responsible Offshore Development Alliance, a coalition of fishing groups that appears aiming to nudge BOEM rather than confront the agency. "At present, there are no large-scale such facilities anywhere in the world," according to a RODA statement "A thoughtful and measured approach to design, construction and operation should be ensured given the lack of verifiable scientific data on potential impacts to the environment and ecological function of the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem." |