California And U.S. Reach Agreement Allowing Big Offshore Wind Farms
The agreement allows for hundreds of floating turbines far off the California coast.
BRIAN MELLEY
LOS ANGELES (AP) 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.
Big offshore wind farms
The new projects would provide a major expansion of offshore wind power in the U.S. beyond the two working offshore wind farms â off Rhode Island and off Virginia
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May 26, 2021
Offshore wind energy development near New Jersey in 2015. (Photo courtesy of Interior Department s Twitter page)
The new projects would provide a major expansion of offshore wind power in the U.S. beyond the two working offshore wind farms â off Rhode Island and off Virginia
Brian Melley
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES 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.
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California has taken a major step towards launching the first commercial offshore wind energy program on the west coast, a project that would open the stateâs waters to hundreds of floating turbines and could eventually power 1.6m homes.
The state announced an agreement with the US government on Tuesday that would open federal waters off Californiaâs central and northern coasts to new windfarms, and put the state and the country in a better position to meet ambitious climate targets.
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 said Gina McCarthy, the White Houseâs national climate adviser.