NorthernCalifornia energyauthority RCEA and a consortium of private companies, includingAker Solutions(AKSO.OL)and Principle Power, have submitted a lease application to advance the first commercial scale project for floating offshore wind in the United States. The application for the offshore wind ene...
Earlier this year the Biden administration hosted its inaugural Floating Offshore Wind Shot Summit, showcasing the efforts of federal departments to work with state, tribal, industry, and other interests to develop 15 GW of floating offshore wind in the U.S. by 2035. Recent efforts to ...
Humboldt Bay, however, isn't the only California port that has shown interest in becoming the staging hub for the offshore wind industry. This week, the Port of Long Beach announced aproposalto build a 400-acre floating offshore wind facility in its outer harbor. “Imagine fully assembled ...
In California offshore waters, sustained northwesterly winds have been identified as a key resource that can contribute substantially to renewable energy goals. However, the development of large-scale offshore wind farms can reduce the wind stress at the sea surface, which could affect wind-driven...
This lease doubles Invenergy’s offshore wind portfolio and affirms the company’s long-term commitment to offshore wind development. The lease is the second secured by the company this year, is the company’s first investment in a floating offshore wind lease and expands Invenergy’s offsho...
Projects off the California coast would require using floating turbines, an emerging technology, because of the depth of the outer continental shelf in the Pacific Ocean. In a statement, the CEC saidoffshorewind would help the state meet its goal of decarbonizing the electricity sector by 2045...
Ideol’s in-house construction and offshore operation experts conducted an in-depth review of all major California harbor sites and concluded that : Concrete floating foundations for commercial-scale wind farms (50 units or more) could be built and launched in at least 5 construction sites, with...
Unlike most offshore wind farms in Europe and other parts of the world, the turbines will be floating rather than built into the sea floor. The areas where they will be constructed are so far offshore that the water is more than 1,000 feet deep. The towers, which will be anchored to...
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More generally, California’s legislators need to reject megaprojects that utterly fail any rational cost/benefit analysis. The high speed rail project, already well underway, and the state’s plans for floating offshore wind farms, both promise to waste hundreds of billions that could be put to...