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Developer proposes Washington State’s first offshore wind farm

A Seattle-based developer submitted an unsolicited bid to the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to build what could be Washington State’s first offshore wind farm.

Trident Wind said it wants to develop a 2 GW floating offshore wind project 43 miles offshore from the Olympic peninsula. The company submitted its plan with BOEM on March 28.

The Olympic Wind project announcement is expected to launch a review of Trident’s qualifications by BOEM. That would be followed by an assessment by the agency of competitive interest. BOEM confirmed receipt of the unsolicited proposal and will now assess Trident Winds’ legal, technical, and financial qualifications, the agency told Renewable Energy World.

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