California North Floating

California North Floating is an offshore wind farm in the Northeast Pacific, United States, owned by Vineyard Offshore, on hold.

Status
On Holdlifecycle stage
UnlikelyHafrok delivery likelihood
Ownership
VOVineyard Offshore — 100% ◇
Location
United States
Northeast Pacific
Technology
Capacity 1,600 MW ◇
Turbines —
Foundation Floating ◇
Site & conditions
Site rights Seabed rights held ∴
Origination BOEM California (Pacific) Lease Sale — Morro Bay & Humboldt (first US floating sale) · 2022 ·
Water depth 624–1217 m ≈ Wind speed 10.3 m/s @ 150 m ≈
Revenue & grid
Offtake —
Grid —
Schedule
FID Not taken
COD · Hafrok for registered readers
On hold since Aug 2026 ◆

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Project timeline & ownership verified milestones on the spine · ownership from Hafrok's transactions record

1 dated milestone on the spine, each with its source · 2 recorded ownership deals from Hafrok's transactions record · the developer's announced-COD history
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Revenue & offtake contract terms, price levels and the route to market

the contract terms on record · price over time in money of the day · the routes to market and the next visible round
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Installation how the build is going · from sourced statements and Hafrok's registers

construction status and turbines standing · vessel and port contracts · the grid connection and whether it is ready in time
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Sources & verification

Rests on 8 sources (2 primary) · ◆ 3 documents held
◆Verified≈Modelled◇Sourced∴Inferred⌁Convention○Unverified∅No source·Derived
Numbers are stable citation ids — grouped by source class, so they are not consecutive.
Regulator3
[1]
BOEM2024
supportsownerTotal capacity
[3]
BOEM2023
supportsFoundation
[6]
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)2026-08-23◆ US BOEM offshore-wind register (FR docum…
“Lease row OCS-P 0562: companies ['California North Floating LLC']; lease_dates ['06/01/2023']; lease_terms ['33 Years']; states ['CA']; block_count 119.”
supportsRegister entry
Operator1
[7]
RWE2026-08-06◆ Rwe us offshore reaches settlement with …
“RWE U.S. Offshore has reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of the Interior to resolve claims against the U.S. government and relinquish its offshore wind leases off the coasts of New York, Ca…”
supportsOn hold
Auction pipeline1
[8]
Offshore Wind (offshorewind.biz)2026-02◆ ny-ny5-ended-2026
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsNYSERDA Offshore Wind Solicitation 6 (NY6)
Trade press3
[2]
Offshore Wind Power Hub2024
supportsCoordinates
[4]
GEBCO Compilation Group2020
supportsWater depth
[5]
DTU Wind Energy / World Bank (Global Wind Atlas)2026
supportsMean wind speed
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