Wind machines off the Central Coast could be in our near future. 14 company have applied to build wind turbine farms off the California Coast. 11 of them expressed interest in building their turbines outside of San Simeon and in the Diablo Canyon call area outside of the nuclear power plant. back in 2016, Trident Winds LLC started the discussion of wind farming off the coast of Morro Bay. Since then the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has called for applications from commercial companies interested in leasing space for 700-foot, floating offshore wind turbines along portions of the California coast.