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In the coming years, two areas off the Northern and Central California coast will be home to offshore wind power generating platforms, thanks to a new agreement between the state and the federal government.

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SACRAMENTO, California, May 26 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on May 25, 2021:Governor Gavin Newsom today joined Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, White House National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy and Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Dr. Colin Kahl to announce an agreement that opens up the West Coast for offshore wind

Share this article The Biden Administration on Tuesday announced plans to advance the development of offshore wind capacity in the Pacific Ocean as the administration looks to expand U.S. offshore wind capacity to 30 gigawatts by 2030. The departments of the Interior, Defense and the State of California today announced an agreement identifying initial areas for offshore wind off the northern and central coasts of California, which could bring up to 4.6 GW of clean energy to the grid, enough to ...

Posted By Iridian Casarez on Tue, May 25, 2021 at 5:16 PM click to enlarge Courtesy of Statoil A 2018 illustration of a spar-buoy floating turbine, one of three potential designs being considered by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. An agreement between Cali...

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris Administration Advances Offshore Wind in the Pacific

Departments of the Interior, Defense and the State of California agree to accelerate wind energy offshore the central and northern coasts of California.

Administration approves offshore wind project WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Biden administration announced last week that it approved the construction and operation of the first large-scale offshore wind project in the United States.    Vineyard Wind, an 84-turbine, 800-megawatt project, will be 12 nautical miles offshore from Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts and will create 3,600 jobs and provide enough power for 400,000 homes and businesses, according to the administration.    �...

Photo-bombing the background of an interview never gets old. The infamous BBC Dad incident of 2017 where a political analyst in South Korea was interrupted by his toddlers was the first interview-crashing I remember, but its far from the last. Its been a long year and an even longer pandemic, and most of us now have stories about Zoom cameos that shouldnt have happened. From family members to pets to things breaking in the background, theres always something. My personal favorite has been lawye...

iPolitics By iPolitics. Published on May 12, 2021 11:12am Enbridge offices (Mack Male via Flickr) The Lead   Wednesday is a critical day for Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline. May 12 marks 180 days since Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer “gave notice that the state was terminating a 1953 easement for the pipeline,” which carries oil to refineries in Ontario through Wisconsin and Michigan. Whitmer said Line 5 “poses an unacceptable risk of a catastrophic oil spill,” the National Obse...