Canopy Offshore Wind

Canopy Offshore Wind (CA Humboldt, OCS-P 0561), floating; RWE (100%).

Status
Cancelledlifecycle stage
Ownership
RWE — 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 539–833 m ≈ Wind speed 10.0 m/s @ 150 m ≈
Revenue & grid
Offtake —
Grid —
Schedule
COD —
Cancelled 6 Aug 2026 ◆

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

1 dated milestone on the spine, each with its source · 1 recorded ownership deal 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 10 sources (3 primary) · ◆ 5 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.
Regulator2
[3]
Offshore Wind Power Hub (BOEM lease OCS-P 0561 centre)2026-07-02
supportsCoordinates
[9]
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)2026-08-23◆ US BOEM offshore-wind register (FR docum…
“Lease row OCS-P 0561: companies ['RWE Offshore Wind Holdings, LLC']; lease_dates ['06/01/2023']; lease_terms ['33 Years']; states ['CA']; block_count 118.”
supportsRegister entry
Operator3
[6]
RWE2026-Q2◆ RWE Interim report on the first half of …
“At the beginning of August, our subsidiary RWE U.S. Offshore reached a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of the Interior, to resolve our claims against the US government in connection with…”
supportsBackground
[7]
RWE2026-08-06◆ RWE U.S. Offshore reaches settlement agr…
“RWE U.S. Offshore has entered into a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Interior for an amount of US $1.22 billion ... off the coast of California, and off the coast of Louisiana”
supportsCancelled
[10]
California Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General2026-09-01◆ Attorney General Bonta Sends Notice of I…
“Notice of Intent to Sue sent to the U.S. Department of the Interior and RWE U.S. Offshore over the agreement to cancel three offshore wind energy leases in federal waters off California, Louisiana, an…”
supportsStatus note
Trade press5
[1]
Canopy Offshore Wind2025
supportsownerTotal capacity
[2]
Canopy Offshore Wind2026
supportsFoundation
[4]
GEBCO Compilation Group2020
supportsWater depth
[5]
DTU Wind Energy / World Bank (Global Wind Atlas)2026
supportsMean wind speed
[8]
offshoreWIND.biz2026-08-07◆ US Government Reaches USD 1.2 Billion Of…
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsBackground
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