Brian Melley May 25, 2021 - 4:40 PM
LOS ANGELES (AP) â California and the U.S. government announced an agreement Tuesday to open up areas off the state s central and northern coasts to the first commercial wind energy farms on the Pacific Coast.
The pact that would float hundreds of turbines off the coast of Morro Bay and Humboldt Bay was touted as a breakthrough to eventually power 1.6 million homes and help the state and federal government reach ambitious climate change goals through clean energy production.
âCalifornia, as we all know, has a world class offshore wind resource, and it can play a major role in helping to accelerate Californiaâs and the nationâs transition to clean energy,â National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy said.
– Rep. Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara) today joined the White House in announcing an agreement on the size and scope of leasing to allow for offshore wind development off the coast of Morro Bay. The area available for offshore wind development would span 399 square miles, enough to produce 3GW of energy, which represents the largest proposed floating offshore wind project in the United States, according to Carbajal.
Departments of the Interior, Defense and the State of California agree to accelerate wind energy offshore the central and northern coasts of California as part of the Biden-Harris administration’s goal to create thousands of jobs through the deployment of 30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind by 2030.
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.