DOE Launches Floating Offshore Wind Initiative Starting along West Coast
A lease sale for floating wind areas offshore California will take place by year-end 2022 as U.S. aims to lower costs by 70%, according to an announcement by the DOE.
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A lease sale for floating wind areas offshore California will take place by year-end 2022 as U.S. aims to lower costs by 70%, according to an announcement by the DOE.
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Question why was the ship in this area? our own meteorologist is tracking the weather conditions there. derek, a fair question. what is the situation right now? >> a dangerous part of the world for any ship to be sailing through. the islands that dot the western coastline of norway. i checked the latest observations in and around the molde region where the ship is located and the winds have subsided somewhat and gusting about 40 miles per hour. at their peak they were gusting well above 55 miles per hour. so they really had quite a strong storm system that moved through. and what you've notice...
And the storm in general is heading towards the north-northeast. if we take this, kind of that general direction here and like this, that's kind of the direction the eye is going to be heading in here as we go throughout the rest of the day. that was the wind map. this was the current stats. we'll get the new update from the hurricane center. we just got the new hourly update. they dropped it down to 140. >> still, this is an over land storm now, bill. >> if i was to tell you that we could have a category 4 hurricane on the border, kind of the triple point where florida, alabama and georgia me...
Two hours or so of daylight before it gets dark, maybe three hours. we're hoping they can get out there a bit and make sure if anyone needs assistance that they can get to those people. it's going to be an awful quiet, eerie night in this area. there's the eye, the center. this is the center line of the hurricane center. mariana right now, not fun, northern eye wall, strongest winds are with you right as we speak and that's coming back across interstate 10. then further to the north, little small towns like steam mill are going to be in the middle of it. i don't think you go through it but it'...