As you might read from that page, there are only 3 (4 if you add Hywind Tempen) of those in operation from this last decade, plus some demo projects like China'

As you might read from that page, there are only 3 (4 if you add Hywind Tempen) of those in operation from this last decade, plus some demo projects like China's Haiyou Guanlan. The US just auctioned off 5 leases in 2 Californian Wind Energy Areas (Humboldt and Morro Bay), which are both much deeper than the current operational farms (500-1000m vs 100-300m). Aside from that, there are also other challenges like transmission and port bottlenecks [1] [2]. [1] https://owcltd.com/the-case-of-california-757m-auction-closes-with-offshore-wind-winners/ https://owcltd.com/the-case-of-california-757m-auction-close... [2] https://www.times-standard.com/2022/06/04/challenges-face-wind-energy-project-off-the-humboldt-county-coast/ https://www.times-standard.com/2022/06/04/challenges-face-wi...