Posted By Kimberly Wear@kimberly wear on Thu, Jul 8, 2021 at 6:05 PM click to enlarge Humboldt State University RCEA’s Executive Director Matthew Marshall and his daughter Alex celebrate groundbreaking on the RCAM project
Construction is underway on a microgrid at the county’s regional airport in McKinleyville that will boast a number of firsts when it becomes operation later this year, according to a Redwood Coast Energy Authority news release. Not only will the Redwood Coast Airport Microgrid be the first 100 percent renewable grid with multi-customers but it will use a unique collaboration to get out the power and be the first microgrid to participate in the state’s wholesale electricity market, the release states.
Redwood Coast Offshore Wind, a partnership between Redwood Energy Authority and Ocean Winds and Aker Offshore Wind, is applauding the agreement between California and federal.