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The possibility of a giant offshore wind energy farm off the coast of San Luis Obispo County took a step forward in November when a federal agency moved the proposal into an environmental review phase.

The possibility of a giant offshore wind energy farm off the coast of San Luis Obispo County took a step forward in November when a federal agency moved the proposal into an environmental review phase.

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The Biden Administration announced Tuesday it has launched an effort to advance two wind energy projects off the coast of California, one

Copy Link The GE-Alstom Block Island Wind Farm stands in the water off Block Island, Rhode Island, on Sept, 14, 2016.  (Eric Thayer/Bloomberg via Getty Images) In January 2016, Trident Winds, a small, Seattle-based wind company, submitted an unsolicited application to the U.S. Department of the Interior, laying out its aspirations to build a 1-gigawatt wind farm off California’s central coast. The scale was ambitious, especially for the United States. But Trident Winds’ chief executive of...

Everything’s coming up floating wind turbines. On Tuesday, the Biden administration announced plans to open up the waters off California to wind energy, signalling that the new technology is going to emerge.

Share this article Ireland will play a major role in developing a European “super grid” for green energy over the coming years. The Minister for the Environment, Climate & Communications has said the development of a Europe-wide grid for the distribution of different forms of renewable energy will be the “most critical peace project of our time.” Speaking at the final REthink Energy lecture from the ESB and the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA), Minister Eamon Ryan...